Editing 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.[[User:RichYPE|RichYPE]] ([[User talk:RichYPE|talk]]) 16:38, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

== 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 [[WP:UNDUE|weighting]] problems. [[User:Duncnbiscuit|Duncnbiscuit]] ([[User talk:Duncnbiscuit|talk]]) 22:34, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

== maybe expand on needle anxiety and perception of pain ==

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}} [[User:Duncnbiscuit|Duncnbiscuit]] ([[User talk:Duncnbiscuit|talk]]) 23:11, 27 February 2026 (UTC)