Blood volume and pain perception during finger prick capillary blood sampling: are all safety lancets equal?

Conclusions: This study suggests that although all investigated safety lancets achieve adequate performance regarding the necessary capillary blood volume to run a diagnostic of test, lancets equipped with blades differ significantly from those equipped with needles in terms of the mean obtained capillary blood volume. Further, although all devices produced relatively low levels of pain, the amount of pain caused by blade versions of safety lancets has been found to be higher than that of needle versions.ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT04001348. (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04001348?term=NCT04001348&draw=2&rank=1). PMID: 32027205 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research