This is a real situation. Image not to be used in a defamatory context. MODEL RELEASED. Blood sampling. Nurse (right) taking a sample of blood from a

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This is a real situation. Image not to be used in a defamatory context. MODEL RELEASED. Blood sampling. Nurse (right) taking a sample of blood from a patient (left), with a healthcare assistant at centre. This work is being carried out in a hospital research area. Photographed in the UK.

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