Abstract: A protection device for hand held ultrasound needle procedures that can be generally described as a shield attachable to a transducer. The shield protects the hand from needle puncture. The shield can be made from either a flexible or a rigid material which is resistant to needle punctures, by both or either a hand directed needle or a mechanically fired needle. The shield is bent in the shape of an arc. The arc has a first apex at the top of the arc. A second apex is located at the bottom of the arc. A first receiver and a first method of securing an upper end of a transducer, or cable attached thereto, is located at the first apex. A second receiver and a second method of securement is located at the second apex to receive and secure a lower end or head of a transducer to the shield. The device attaches above or over a biopsy guide typically located on the head of a transducer or it attaches directly to the transducer.