Safety Suture Products

Safety Product Category

Safety Suture Products

Safety Suture Products

Fascia closure is routinely performed in more than 4,000,000 surgical cases each year. New technologies virtually eliminate the risk of dangerous suture needle sticks in millions of surgical cases where stapling is not applicable, enabling surgeons with wound closure that is safer than suturing by hand.

ETHIGUARD BLUNT POINT NEEDLES

Protect yourself and your patients—without compromising performance

Better protection from needlestick injuries
ETHIGUARD Blunt Point Needle is an innovative solution that helps protect you and your patients from needlestick injuries, providing you with a better needle option.

A solution to a costly problem

  • Over 384,000 healthcare workers in the US suffer needlestick injuries each year, putting them at risk for hepatitis, HIV, and other serious diseases
  • The annual cost of needlestick injuries to hospitals is approximately $258 million
  • The follow-up costs for high-risk exposure needlestick injury is almost $3,000 even if no infection occurs
  • A 2007 New England Journal of Medicine study report found that 99% of surgical residents had at least one needlestick injury by their final year of training—53% involving high-risk patients
  • Four prospective randomized trials have demonstrated notable benefits from use of blunt suture needles
  • ETHIGUARD Blunt Point Needles and conventional taper point needles both have a 12:1 taper ratio

Choose protection without compromising performance
Decrease the incidence of injury

  • Blunt-point geometry allows for easy soft-tissue penetration

Minimize bleeding and tissue trauma

  • ETHIGUARD Blunt Point Needle does not cause any more additional bleeding or patient trauma than a conventional taper needle
  • Its heat-treated, stainless steel alloy delivers optimal strength and ductility to resist bending and breaking

Use with ease

  • ETHIGUARD Blunt Point Needle is proven to be effective and user-friendly7

Increase precision

  • A ribbed and flattened body affords stability in the needle holder, for improved protection against slipping

“Though cost is often cited as a factor for not using safer devices, it is actually a savings when you consider the cost of treating the individual once a [needlestick] injury occurs.”

The value you need with the protection they deserve

ETHIGUARD Blunt Point Needle meets the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act standards

A 2007 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) bulletin states that8:
— OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health strongly recommend the use of blunt-tip suture needles in surgical procedures to reduce the risk of percutaneous injuries to surgical personnel
— Employers in workplaces that use suture needles must evaluate their use according to the Bloodborne Pathogens standard of blunt-tip suture needles

The American College of Surgeons declared in 2005 that8:
— “All published studies to date have demonstrated that the use of blunt suture needles can substantially reduce or eliminate needle-stick injuries from surgical needles.”

Safety Scalpels, weighted

Safety Product Category

Safety Scalpels, weighted

This safety category has products that reduce the number of accidental sticks from scalpels, particularly in the operating room. Safety scalpels include quick-release scalpel blade handles, retracting scalpels, and ultrasonic scalpels.

Ansell Safety Scalpel with Protective Safety Shield.

Between 600,000 and 800,000 sharps injuries are incurred by healthcare workers annually. 46% of sharps injuries happen to nurses.

  • Disposable Safety scalpels weighted to the feel of a reusable.
  • Protective Safety Shield OSHA requires it.
  • Colored-coded to ensure proper blade selection.
  • Safety Shield locking / unlocking button can be used left or right-handed to secure the shield
  • Time Out® Removable Sleeve a reminder to comply with JCAHO Universal Protocol.
  • Offered in a variety of Blade and Handle Sizes.

Safety Scalpels

Safety Product Category

Safety Scalpels

This safety category has products that reduce the number of accidental sticks from scalpels, particularly in the operating room. Safety scalpels include quick-release scalpel blade handles, retracting scalpels, and ultrasonic scalpels.

TechnoCut Plus® Safety Scalpel

The TechnoCut Plus® Safety Scalpel is truly a new generation innovation.
The traditional scalpel with a disposable blade is not without risk or safety: The attaching to or removing of the blade from the scalpel handle is a manual and rather cumbersome process, often resulting in injury. While there is an obvious risk to the nurse or doctor, the less obvious risk is that to the patient. If a nurse, surgeon or assistant is accidentally cut during the procedure, the patient is placed at significant risk.

  • Passing of a used scalpel with an exposed blade between a surgeon and theatre nurse is risky and any lapse in concentration can result in injury.
  • Blade protruding from sharps bins can also result in unnecessary injury.
  • Mislaid or dropped scalpel blades place all healthcare workers at risks.

Sandel Safety Scalpel with Protective Safety Shield.

Between 600,000 and 800,000 sharps injuries are incurred by healthcare workers annually. 46% of sharps injuries happen to nurses.

  • Disposable Safety scalpels
  • Protective Safety Shield OSHA requires it.
  • Colored-coded to ensure proper blade selection.
  • Safety Shield locking / unlocking button can be used left or right-handed to secure he shield
  • Time Out® Removable Sleeve a reminder to comply with JCAHO Universal Protocol.
  • Offered in a variety of Blade and Handle Sizes.

Safety Pre-filled Syringe

Safety Product Category

Safety Pre-filled Syringe

SAFER® REVERSE PREFILLED  SYRINGE 

The shielding system automatically activates after the injection, and the needle gets fully covered. Using just four plastic components and minimal manufacturing materials, SafeR® Reverse Prefilled Syringe is completely scalable and adaptable to the size of the existing syringe.

The design eliminates the need for stability studies since the drug doesn’t contact anything but the syringe.

For more information about the Safer® Reverse Prefilled Syringe –  contact info@roncadelle-operations.com or phone +39 030 672 310

Safety Prefilled Syringes have all the convenience of a prefilled syringe coupled with the safety of a safety syringe!

NovaGuard Safety System Technology Platform*

Packaging your drug in a prefillable syringe with a safety feature will provide protection for health care workers and patients against accidental needlestick injuries. The NovaGuard SA (Staked-needle Automatic) syringe system can be deployed using a single-handed technique to shield the exposed needle.

System Benefits

  • ·Mitigates glass flange breakage
  • Bulk packaging enables automated assembly
  • Designed to prevent pre-activation
  • Uses standard plunger rods
  • Tamper resistant

To learn more about using the NovaGuard SA Syringe system for your drug product, or for information on any of West’s injectable drug packaging or delivery system technologies, click here.

Safety PICC Introducer

Safety Product Category

Safety PICC Introducer

A Safety PICC introducer is used to introduce a peripherally inserted central catheter into the vasculature of a patient. As the needle is removed a blunt obturator comes out of the sharp end thus minimizing the chance for unintentional needlestick.

Safety PICC Catheter Kit

Safety Product Category

Safety PICC Catheter Kit

Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are frequently used to obtain central venous access for patients in acute care, home care and skilled nursing care. PICCs are a reliable alternative to short-term central venous catheters, with a lower risk of complications. A Safety PICC kit contains safety components that minimize needlestick injury and prevent blood-borne pathogen exposure.

Safety Pen Needle Remover

Safety Product Category

Safety Pen Needle Remover

Safety Pen Needle Remover

A Safety Method to remove disposable pen needles.

UniGuard is the first single use, disposable safety pen needle remover. It has been designed to protect the healthcare professional from potentially fatal needlestick injuries.

Benefits

  • Safe: Allows the pen needle to be removed without the healthcare professional ever touching the needle directly.
  • Unique: ‘Push down’ entry to avoid point-first recapping incidents.
  • Secure: Safety flap to prevent back-end needlestick injuries and to prevent the removal of the used needle.
  • Shielded: Protective wings over finger grip area for extra protection.
  • Single Use: Protects against cross contamination by using a new device for each needle.
  • Clear Indicators: Audible click when the pen needle is seated correctly and when the hinged door is locked shut, signalling the needle is now securely locked away.
  • Extensive Protection: protects not only the nurse, but the patient, visitors and ancillary staff.

Safety Needle Recapping Devices

Safety Product Category

Safety Needle Recapping Device

The Bloodborne pathogen standard only permits recapping of contaminated needles under very specific and limited circumstances where no alternative is feasible, or that such action is required by a specific medical procedure, such as with incremental doses of medication or the injection of radioactive materials. When recapping must be performed, it must be accomplished by the use of a mechanical device or one-handed technique. Training must emphasize the need to use this as a one-handed recapping device.

Point-Lok® Device

Point-Lok® devices provide effective protection for needles from 16 – 30g that do not have an integral engineered sharps injury protection (ESIP) device. It is available seperately, or cane be packaged in Portex® Arterial Blood Sampling kits, pain management and other procedural trays.

Product Features

  • Stand-alone needle protection device designed to lock onto and secure a contaminated needle.
  • Meets the Federal Register definition of an Engineering Control

Safety Lancets

Safety Product Category

Safety Lancets

Safety Lancets are used for obtaining a capillary blood sample often for diabetic patients.

Acti-Lance® Lancets

Acti-Lance single-use lancets have been designed for capillary blood sampling and the device is an integral component to the sharps-injury prevention programs in hospitals, clinics, laboratories, doctor’s offices and wherever patients and professionals have to feel safe.

Acti-Lance is very easy to handle and its intuitive top button activation minimizes training for new users.

By using the Acti-Lance safety lancets you can easily eliminate needle stick injures and cross infection.

Key Features of Acti-Lance:

EASY TO HANDLE

Intuitive activation, low firing force, no lancet loading required, 3 step operation only

MINIMIZED PAIN

Ultra sharp and silicone coated needle, double spring mechanism to eliminate needle vibrations

SUFFICIENT TO LANCE ONCE

Different color-coded versions, right needle exposure length, adequate blood flow

SAFE

Truly disposable, self-destructive device, sterilized, reliable sterility protector

Acti-Lance safety lancets are available in three different color-coded versions to meet specific blood sample size applications and address a variety of skin types.

Safety IV Catheters

Safety Product Category

Safety IV Catheters

Safety IV catheters are used to access the bloodstream for IV administration of drugs and for aspiration of blood while keeping healthcare worker safe.

BD Insyte Autoguard Shielded IV Catheter

Proven to effectively reduce needlesticks BD Insyte Autoguard shielded IV catheters mean added safety for you. They’re the safety-engineered version of the popular BD Insyte IV catheter. The patented BD Autoguard push-button shielding technology is proven to effectively safeguard healthcare workers from accidental needlestick injuries. Clinicians have indicated that the BD Insyte Autogard Shielded IV catheter result in a marked and significant reduction in IV stylet-related injuries.

The PROTECTIV® and PROTECTIV® PLUS Safety I. V. Catheters pioneered the movement to innovative safety design that protect the healthcare worker from the risks associated with accidental needlestick injuries.

For more than a decade, PROTECTIV® Safety I.V. Catheters have been the trusted choice of healthcare professionals. It’s easy to see why. PROTECTIV® Safety I.V. Catheter offers distinct product safety features, with documented results that prove its success in reducing accidental needlesticks.

Most importantly, the choice of catheter materials, FEP polymer and radiopaque polyurethane, and needlepoint design of the PROTECTIV® Safety I.V. Catheter eases conversion to safety.

PROTECTIV

  • Proven to reduce accidental needlesticks by 84%
  • Safely encases the needle—with a “click”—as the catheter is advanced
  • A push-off tab helps keep both hands behind the needle
  • Features optically clear yet radiopaque OCRILON® Polyurethane for longer indwelling and fewer complications

Product Features

  • Compatible with customary technique
  • Documented results proven to reduce accidental needlesticks
  • Universal color coded to indicate catheter gauge at a glance