Venipuncture is more effective and less painful than heel lancing for blood tests in neonates.
Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting Maternity ward of a tertiary care hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Infants with any illness or abnormality were excluded. The SL protruded 2 mm, and the skin was punctured using a mechanical device. The LL protruded 2.5 mm, and the skin puncture was done by hand.