State the characteristics of pricking needle.
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- width
- length
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Characteristics of pricking needle
Pricking Needle:
A blood lancet, or just lancet, may be a pointed piece of surgical steel encased in plastic, wont to puncture the skin on one's finger (or other body part) to urge a blood sample.
Characteristics of pricking needle:
The following are the characteristics of pricking needle:
- Width: Lancets for blood sampling are available in several gauges, which ask the width of the metal point.
- Length: Lengths may vary (from 0.85 mm for neonates up to 2.2 mm).
- Sharpness: Viewing a needle pricking a hand that we simply perceive as ours enhances unpleasantness of pain.
Therefore,the chararacteristics of pricking needle are width,length and sharpness.
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