…on a 2 mL syringe as a handle. A low speed rust ring burr if one is available. Sterile saline with a syringe for irrigation…

…mg/mL: clean with 3–4 swabs in wide circles and let it dry for a couple of minutes before the needle is inserted. Sterile…

…Sterile preparation with chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL, sterile drape, sterile gloves, mask and cap. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia in the…

…and a Jamshidi type biopsy needle. Syringes: a small 5–10 mL syringe for the first aspirate, larger syringes for the tube specimens. Glass slides…

…cap, mask, sterile gown, sterile gloves and a large full body drape. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia, normal saline to flush all lumens…

…advanced. An introducer for the atraumatic needle — it is too soft to pass through the skin on its own. Local anaesthesia: lidocaine 10 mg/mL…

…an iodine solution. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL without adrenaline for the block (adrenaline is safe in fingers and toes according to modern data, but there…

…determines the diagnosis, and it is asked of a patient who is haemodynamically stable enough for there to be time to ask it. Indications Wide…

…array probe. Sterile preparation (chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL), sterile gloves, fenestrated drape; full sterile attire for therapeutic drainage with an indwelling catheter. Lidocaine…

…to hand. Sterile gown and gloves, chlorhexidine in alcohol 5 mg/mL, a large fenestrated drape. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL for local anaesthesia, 25 G…

…skin weal and a 21 G needle for the deeper layers. Diagnostic aspiration: a 21 G (green) or 22 G needle, a 50 mL syringe…

…surgeon on call for urethrography and suprapubic drainage. Preparation and equipment A sterile catheterisation pack, sterile gloves, chlorhexidine solution 0.2 mg/mL or an…

…through a 20 mL syringe and a large bore needle. Chlorhexidine in alcohol to the skin around the wound — not into the wound. Sterile gloves…