Role of syringe holder in reducing needle stick injuries

entitled “Needle stick injuries during fine needle aspiration procedure: Frequency, causes and knowledge, attitude and practices of cytopathologists”, whereby the authors have aptly described the various causes leading to needle stick injury (NSI) during fine needle aspiration (FNA) procedure and have also discussed about various methods to reduce NSI. We appreciate the authors’ effort for analyzing in detail the practical aspects of FNA procedure, which are not very often discussed. We completely agree with the authors’ and would like to carry forward the discussion on ‘how to reduce NSI’ and suggest a few small but beneficial methods to tackle the problem.For reducing the chances of NSI, the authors have cited a couple of syringe modification methods adopted by Halsell,