winged collection set

Medical term Routine Blood Collections

Short needle with plastic wings and flexible tubing, used with a holder or syringe for small, fragile or hand veins; also called a butterfly.

Sources

• Nikolac N, Supak-Smolcic V, Simundic AM, Celap I. Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: national recommendations for venous blood sampling (based on CLSI H3-A6). Biochem Med 2013;23(3):242-254 (PMC3900082) · Biochemia Medica via PubMed Central
• Chang J, et al. Standards and Practice Guidelines for Venous Blood Collection: Consensus Recommendations from the Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine. Ann Lab Med 2025;45(4):343-357 (PMC12187494) · Annals of Laboratory Medicine via PubMed Central
• How To Do Venous Blood Sampling (Merck Manual Professional Edition, procedure page) · Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck Manuals)

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