<p>Commercially available cannulation phantoms are expensive and primarily intended for adults. We designed and produced a neonatal cannulation phantom using three-dimensional printing. Different operators of varying clinical expertise successfully cannulated the phantom and inserted central catheter under ultrasound guidance. This is a reusable, realistic and valuable resource which can be used for training clinicians to gain practice, thereby improving hand-eye coordination, dexterity, confidence and safety during vascular access cannulation in newborn infants.</p>

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Three-dimensional printed neonatal cannulation phantom for ultrasound-guided vascular access training

  • Sujith S. Pereira,
  • Jonathan Reeves,
  • Jas Bansal,
  • Fayed Sheikh,
  • Malcolm Birch,
  • Steve Kempley,
  • Ajay K. Sinha

摘要

Commercially available cannulation phantoms are expensive and primarily intended for adults. We designed and produced a neonatal cannulation phantom using three-dimensional printing. Different operators of varying clinical expertise successfully cannulated the phantom and inserted central catheter under ultrasound guidance. This is a reusable, realistic and valuable resource which can be used for training clinicians to gain practice, thereby improving hand-eye coordination, dexterity, confidence and safety during vascular access cannulation in newborn infants.