Heel stick wound
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Heel stick wounds are a cutaneous condition characterized by a break in the skin caused by neonatal heel prick
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Neonatal heel prick
The neonatal heel prick is a common procedure for taking a blood sample from the heel of newborn infants. A pinprick puncture is made in the heel of the infant's foot, and blood from the foot is soaked into pre-printed collection cards known as Guthrie cards....
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