Digital Nerve Block
- Sterile gloves
- Sterile drape
- Sterile gauze
- 10-ml syringe
- Blunt needle to draw up anesthetic
- 27 to 30 gauge needle for injection
- Lidocaine 1% or 2% (buffer with sodium bicarbonate if possible*)
- Chlorhexidine cleansing solution (or other approved skin cleanser)
*1 part of 1mEq/mL of sodium bicarbonate to 9 or 10 parts of lidocaine