Adverse complications of venipuncture: a systematic review

venipuncture is the most routinely invasive procedure performed in clinical settings as it is an important tool mainly for diagnosis, monitoring, drug administration an blood donation. This review discusses the complications that can occur during this procedure. we planned to include all the studies dealing with "venipuncture and complications" and venipuncture and verse events: "we excluded all the studies, whit did not properly fit our research question, and with insufficient data. Of the 2345 records found after removing duplicates, and after records excluded in title and abstract, 173 matched our inclusion criteria. After reading the full-text article. we decided to exclude 144 articles because non responding properly to our research questions or due to insufficient data. The final set included 29 articles.There are several complications resulting from VP such as pained fear, hematoma, thrombosis, infection, nerve damage. arterial puncture, vasovagal reactions, and also rare events. Improving quality in venipuncture site and vein section, also in venipuncture thecnique may help in lowering complications.