Talk:Venipuncture

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No doctors?

I was a bit alarmed to see that the collective authors didn't mention doctors in the list of healthcare professionals who carry out venipuncture. I appreciate that many doctors have the luxury of not having to take blood, but some don't! I am a doctor in the UK and I carry out venipuncture every day of my working life.RichYPE (talk) 16:38, 3 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

I propose merging Winged infusion set into Venipuncture. I think the content in Winged infusion set will not expand enough to ever be more than a stub article and can easily be explained in the context of this article, and merging them would not cause any article-size or weighting problems. Duncnbiscuit (talk) 22:34, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

maybe expand on needle anxiety and perception of pain

The following reference(s) may be useful when improving this article in the future: Suren, Mustafa; et al. (2013). "The Role of Pain Catastrophizing Score in the Prediction of Venipuncture Pain Severity". Pain Practice. 14 (3): 245–251. doi:10.1111/papr.12060. Retrieved 27 February 2026.

Duncnbiscuit (talk) 23:11, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]