Local warming does help when inserting cannulas

doi:10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1038

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Jeanette Beer, clinical nurse specialist, chemotherapy (jeanette.beer@ulh.nhs.uk)

Department of Clinical Oncology, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln LN2 5QY

EDITOR—Lenhardt et al say that local warming improves the success rate for insertion of peripheral cannulas.1 For people working in a busy outpatient chemotherapy unit, insertion of peripheral cannulas is a core activity and can be extremely difficult, particularly in patients who …