Heelstick - Pediatric collection procedures: Introduction

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Heelstick - Pediatric collection procedures: Introduction

  • Veins of small children and infants are too small for venipuncture;
  • Safety Lancets are used to puncture the skin and collect capillary blood.
  • Butterfly needles may be used to collect venous blood in older children.