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Faulty Needle-Tips: Are They a Clinical Hazard?

Faulty Needle-Tips: Are They a Clinical Hazard? Editorial Faulty needle-tips: are they a clinical hazard? Simon Hayhoe Correspondence to To the naked eye stainless steel, dispos- be attributed to faulty needles and report Dr Simon Hayhoe, Pain able acupuncture needles all look much these. The full set of photomicrographs Management Department, the same, differing only in type of was also displayed at an internationally University Hospital Colchester CO4 5JL, UK; handle. But microscopically Xie and col- attended British Medical Acupuncture simonhayhoe@doctors.org.uk leagues have shown some apparently Society conference with a similar request. shocking variations in needle-tip quality. No reports were received. Received 22 February 2014 A similar electron microscopic investiga- The problems associated with malformed Accepted 4 March 2014 tion 12 years ago found the same variety needles have been proposed as bleeding or of faults: scratch marks, metallic scuff, bruising due to an irregular needle tip lumps and irregularities of the needle scratching across a vein, sharp pain at inser- surface, and stubbed, malformed or off- tion or extraction, wayward insertion due centre needle points (figure 1). to off-centre needle point, contact derma- The first presterilised, single-use acu- titis, tattooing and deposition of metallic puncture needles were produced by the scuff or oil residue in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acupuncture in Medicine SAGE

Faulty Needle-Tips: Are They a Clinical Hazard?

Hayhoe, Simon
Acupuncture in Medicine , Volume 32 (2): 2 – Apr 1, 2014
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SAGE
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© 2014 British Medical Acupuncutre Society
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0964-5284
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10.1136/acupmed-2014-010552
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Editorial Faulty needle-tips: are they a clinical hazard? Simon Hayhoe Correspondence to To the naked eye stainless steel, dispos- be attributed to faulty needles and report Dr Simon Hayhoe, Pain able acupuncture needles all look much these. The full set of photomicrographs Management Department, the same, differing only in type of was also displayed at an internationally University Hospital Colchester CO4 5JL, UK; handle. But microscopically Xie and col- attended British Medical Acupuncture simonhayhoe@doctors.org.uk leagues have shown some apparently Society conference with a similar request. shocking variations in needle-tip quality. No reports were received. Received 22 February 2014 A similar electron microscopic investiga- The problems associated with malformed Accepted 4 March 2014 tion 12 years ago found the same variety needles have been proposed as bleeding or of faults: scratch marks, metallic scuff, bruising due to an irregular needle tip lumps and irregularities of the needle scratching across a vein, sharp pain at inser- surface, and stubbed, malformed or off- tion or extraction, wayward insertion due centre needle points (figure 1). to off-centre needle point, contact derma- The first presterilised, single-use acu- titis, tattooing and deposition of metallic puncture needles were produced by the scuff or oil residue in

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Published: Apr 1, 2014

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