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title: Do I Use Ice for Venipuncture?
description: "Using Buzzy for venipuncture. Cold and vasoconstriction: if Buzzy is correctly placed proximally, blood does not pass cold until after being drawn."
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# [Do I Use Ice for Venipuncture?](https://resources.paincarelabs.com/ice-for-venipuncture)

 Written by [Dr. Amy Baxter](https://resources.paincarelabs.com/author/dr-amy-baxter) | Apr 7, 2023 5:29:36 PM

Do not put ice directly on the vein, only proximal (closer to the heart); warm venous blood is flowing to the heart, so it doesn’t pass the cold until after the site of venipuncture; in over 40 venipuncture studies, Buzzy made collecting blood easier or was the same as other interventions; vibration vasodilates making the vein bigger and easier to find.

 

 

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