Date	Event	Description
7 December 2011	Amended	Minor amendment to correct Outcome numbering in text, 'Effects of Interventions', Comparison 2.
8 July 2011	New citation required and conclusions have changed	For this update we included comparisons for studies that did or did not include a sweet tasting solution as a co‐intervention for venepuncture and heel lance. As before, venepuncture proved to be less painful than heel lance, but the addition of a sweet tasting solution prior to skin puncture reduced the difference between the two methods used for blood sampling.
8 July 2011	New search has been performed	This updates the review 'Venepuncture versus heel lance for blood sampling in term neonates' published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Shah 2007). Search updated May 12, 2011. One additional trial was identified.
11 June 2008	Amended	Converted to new review format.
27 July 2007	New citation required but conclusions have not changed	Substantive amendment
27 July 2007	New search has been performed	This updates the review "Venepuncture versus heel lance for blood sampling in term neonates", published in The Cochrane Library, Issue 2, 1999 (Shah 1999b) and updated in 2004 (Shah 2004). One additional randomized controlled trial was identified for inclusion. The data from this additional study strengthen the evidence that venepuncture is less painful compared to heel lance to obtain a blood sample from healthy term neonates. However, in the newly identified study, a team of seven trained nurses performed the two procedures and obtained blood samples on the first attempt.