Needles & cannulas

Each needle has its own job. A dissecting needle separates and lifts tissue during dissection and preparation, such as the dissecting needle, straight, 140 mm. An irrigation cannula has a blunt tip for rinsing and dosing liquids, straight or curved. An inoculating needle transfers micro-organisms, for example for stab cultures; loops and needles for microbiology are in inoculation loops, spreaders and needles. For scissors, scalpels and other dissecting tools, see scissors, scalpels and dissecting instruments. Questions? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

A straight needle is for precise pricking, separating and pointing, as with the dissecting needle with plastic handle, sharp, straight. A curved needle reaches places that are hard to get at and lifts tissue without blocking your view, such as the curved needles, 50 mm. A hooked needle holds structures in place while you work. Also choose the handle: metal can be sterilised and cleaned easily, plastic is light and warm to hold. To grip what the needle has freed, add forceps from tweezers and forceps. Questions? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

Diameter and length are in the product title, as with the irrigation cannula, straight, 1.5 mm. A finer needle or cannula gives more precision and a smaller drop; a thicker one lets viscous liquids flow without high pressure on the syringe. Choose the length so you reach the bottom of your vessel or the working spot without bending the cannula. If the cannula connects to a syringe, check on the product page that the Luer connection matches; suitable syringes are in disposable syringes. Unsure which size fits your liquid? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

Put used needles and cannulas straight into a puncture-proof sharps container right after use, at the place where you work, so you never carry an open needle across the lab. Do not recap needles by hand, because most needlestick injuries happen then. Fill the container only up to the mark, close it firmly and dispose of it as your internal waste procedure describes. Keep a spill kit nearby for broken glass and spills. Containers, absorbents and spill kits are in sharps containers, absorbents and spill kits. Need containers in a specific size? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

A needle or a cannula is specified by gauge, length and point, and by how it connects, Luer or cemented. A blunt needle is for transfer. A sharp needle is for piercing. Gauge is the outer diameter: a higher gauge is a thinner needle. The fitting has to match the syringe.

A syringe is a barrel and a piston. A disposable syringe is for transfer and injection. A microlitre syringe is a precise analytical tool, often with a cemented or removable needle, used to inject into a chromatograph. The needle gauge and the point, and the Luer or cemented connection, have to match the job. A Luer slip and a Luer lock are not the same fitting. In-vitro and diagnostic context is under ISO in vitro diagnostic systems.

This shelf belongs to Syringes & needles, inside Lab consumables. Luminix Health distributes this range for laboratory use.

The neighbouring shelves are Microlitre syringes, Disposable syringes and Luer connectors & adapters. The category above this shelf is Syringes & needles.

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