Safety Cerclage Cables

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Safety Cerclage Cables

During hip replacement and treatment of associated peri-prosthetic fractures, it is often necessary to hold the bone or fragments of bone together to create a stable environment for healing to occur. This is typically done with metal wires or cables using a technique called Cerclage (ser-klahzh.) A cerclage wire or cable is wound around a bone or bony fragments to hold them together to allow them to heal.

Although wire cerclage has had numerous applications in orthopedics as a primary method of fracture fixation it also has several disadvantages. Monofilament wires are prone to breakage. Multi-filament cables are subject to fatigue and fraying, releasing metallic particulate debris into the body. The metal wire or cable can break causing an interruption of the blood supply to the bone. The metal can also fray and fret causing tissue irritation and a source of bloodborne pathogen exposure to clinicians. Newer safety products are available that can help minimize this risk

SuperCable Iso-Elastic Cerclage

Imagine being an orthopedic surgeon and knowing that your patient’s artificial hip is worn out or loose. You have made the necessary incisions and are now ready to insert your hands into the open wound so that you can palpate around the hip to see the extent of the damage.

As you get ready to place your hands into the tissue, you think to yourself “I have a pretty good chance of getting stuck on a cabling wire that is surrounding the bone. Will I get stuck? What was this patient’s hepatitis or HIV status?”

What would you do? This is a real concern facing surgeons and their staff every time that they perform an orthopedic surgery.

During hip replacement and treatment of associated peri-prosthetic fractures, it is often necessary to hold the bone or fragments of bone together to create a stable environment for healing to occur. This is typically done with metal wires or cables using a technique called Cerclage (ser-klahzh.) A cerclage wire or cable is wound around a bone or bony fragments to hold together to allow them to heal.

Wire cerclage cables have several disadvantages and are prone to breakage. They are subject to fatigue and fraying, releasing metallic particulate debris into the body.

 

When trimmed to length the traditional cerclage cabling has many sharp ends that can tear gloves resulting in the loss of valuable operating room time to change gloves. It also can injure the clinician. Sharp metal cable ends can cause “wire stick” type injuries that pose a risk of disease transmission to surgeons and surgical staff. When a clinician is stuck by one of these wires it can tear the glove breaking the sterile barrier thereby placing the patient at risk of infection and exposing the clinician to blood-borne pathogens.

A new product can eliminate “wire stick” injuries to clinicians. The SuperCable Iso-Elastic Cerclage, is manufactured by Kinamed Inc. (Camarillo, CA, USA) and has been used in several thousand procedures worldwide since being introduced in 2003. This elastomeric polymer cable consists of a nylon core encased in a jacket of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) braided fibers.

This combination of materials results in a flexible, soft cable that exhibits extremely high fatigue strength. Fatigue failure is primary mode of failure of metallic cerclage wires and cables.

The SuperCable system cables can be re-tensioned effectively when multiple cables are applied. This reduces the need to cut off and discard metal cables that have become loose after additional cables have been applied and tensioned. Over time, this feature will reduce the total number of cables required for a given procedure.

Post operative x-ray of four SuperCables wrapped around an allograft strut and hip prosthesis in revision hip replacement surgery. Note the SuperCables are radiolucent except for their locking clasp.

The SuperCable has fatigue strength superior to both metal wire and cables thereby reducing complications due to breakage. It also eliminates cable-generated metal particle debris that has been shown to greatly increase wear in adjacent total joints.

The cables are easy and quick to manipulate within the wound. Since the product is made of a polymer it contains no metal cable that can contact metallic implants and has no sharp ends to irritate patient tissue or cut surgeon’s gloves

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Safety Capillary Blood Collection Systems

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Safety Capillary Blood Collection Systems

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MiniCollect® Capillary Blood Collection System

The special circumstances relating to blood collection from small children places extra demands on the performance of a capillary blood collection system. Therefore, optimizing the technical aspects of the blood collection system can contribute to a simplified collection procedure.

The new MiniCollect® tube shape is designed to facilitate thorough mixing of the blood with individual tube additives. The incorporated skirt at the base of the tube allows for the tube to be left safely standing when necessary.

A visual control of the filling quantity is possible via graduation marks. The flexible rubber cap is equipped with so-called “Cross-Cuts“, which allow for filling or the collection of the blood sample without the need for opening the tube. This closed system prevents any aerosol effect and therefore any contamination.

MiniCollect® tubes can be used in conjunction with either a funnel or a capillary. Greiner Bio-One is certified to ISO 9001 and EN 46001. For more information: www.greiner-bio-one.com

Safety Blood Donor Needles

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Safety Blood Donor Needles

Safety blood donor needles help to transfer blood from a blood donor into donor bags. Following the blood donation the needle is retracted or shielded to prevent needlestick to healthcare workers and others.

DONORCARE® NEEDLE GUARD

The DonorCare® Needleguard is a simple but effective needle guard. It has been developed as and aid in the prevention of needle stick injury to the healthcare worker, donors, cleaning staff, contaminated waste disposal staff and the public at large.

Donor Care® locks into the SampLok® protecting both the donor and sampling needles.

The hinged assembly provides flexibility allowing the Donor Care® to be attached during blood collection or at the time of blood pack manufacture

The Donor Care® and SampLok® are compatible for use with current blood collection sets produced by all major manufacturers.

Features

  • Immediate shielding of needle on withdrawal from vein
  • The needle shielding is always engaged from behind the needle assembly
  • Prevents rotation of needle hub, reducing risk of haematoma formation
    Donor Care® has a two-stage engagement mechanism:
    • Engaged position: Stabilises the needle hub whilst allowing for needle adjustment during collection
    • Locked position: Shields and locks the needle preventing any possibility of needle stick injury

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Safety Bleeding-time Devices

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Safety Bleeding-time Devices

Bleeding time measures the length of time that bleeding occurs after a wound is made. Bleeding time provides information about platelet count and platelet function. Bleeding time is usually within a normal range when the platelet count is greater than 100,000. Bleeding Time Test Devices typically make a standardized incision in the skin of the volar aspect of the forearm. The time when bleeding ceases is reported. This procedure was performed in the past by a lancet stab to the ear lobe or to the forearm. These techniques are now considered obsolete. Modern devices now make uniform, reproducible, surgical incisions for accurate sensitive bleeding time testing. Safety bleeding time devices retract the incision blade for safety to healthcare workers and others.

Heel sticks with a standard needles or lancets create potential needlesticks to healthcare workers and others.

Safety versions of bleeding time incision products are now available.

Safety Arterial Blood Collection Systems

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Safety Arterial Blood Collection Systems

Closed arterial blood collection systems allow clinicians access to arterial blood without having to use a needle.

DiaLines® Bloodlines Saf T

DiaLines® Saf T allows for needle-free access on both the arterial and venous line. Blood samples and medications can be administered safely.

For more information about the DiaLines® SAF “T” contact the Renal Therapies Division by calling: 1-800-848-2066, by email: rtd@bbraun.com.

Safety Angiography Needles

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Safety Angiography Needles

Safety angiography needles are designed to obtain access to the vasculature of the patient without compromising the safety of the clinician. The needle is used during the seldinger or modified seldinger technique for initial access to the vasculature. Following the needle insertion into the patient’s vasculature, a guidewire is inserted through the needle. The needle is removed from off the guidewire. During this process the needle is protected thus preventing a needlestick to the clinician.

Safety Ampoule Breaker

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Safety Ampoule Breaker

Ampoules are small glass vessels in which liquids for injections are hermetically sealed. A typical pharmaceutical ampoule has a narrow neck between a cylindrical body and a conical tip. They are opened by snapping off the glass top at the neck. The scoring at the neck does not always break where it is intended. This is due to the glass re-melding to some degree at the score line. When the cap is snapped off, glass chips can fly off and a jagged or sharp edge can cut the hands of the healthcare worker. Safer products exist that remove the risk of broken glass cuts when breaking off the glass top.

 

Qlicksmart SnapIT

Qlicksmart SnapIT is a simply safer way to open glass ampoules, avoiding the unacceptable painful injuries which could be quite serious at times. This easy-to-use multi-use ampoule opener reduces the risk of sustaining a sharps injury by keeping hands out of harm’s way.

SnapIT is simple, safe and cost effective as it 

is reusable and comes in different sizes compatible with different ranges of ampoule sizes.

Safety Amniotic Needle

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Safety Amniotic Needle

Amniocentesis is a procedure where fluid is aspirated out of the amniotic sac. The amniotic sac is the fluid-filled structure inside the pregnant uterus where the fetus grows. Fetal urine, fetal cells, and various proteins move freely within this sac. During amniocentesis, a long needle is placed through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Once the needle is in the amniotic sac, a syringe is used to aspirate the amniotic fluid. The fluid is then sent for evaluation. New technologies provide amniocentesis needles that automatically protect the user from needlesticks.

Amniocentesis Needle

Curity Amniocentesis Tray

The Curity Amniocentesis Tray is a high-quality disposable tray that contains all the componnts necessary for the aspiration of amniotic fluid. Features a 20ga x 3 1/2″ Amniocentesis Needle.

Retractable Scalpel

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Retractable Scalpel

Retractable scalpels are designed to provide safety to health care providers from sharp edge related injuries. The scalpel blade retracts to hide the scalpel edges from accidentally injuring healthcare workers and others.

Finally, there is a reusable safety scalpel that is just like a standard reusable scalpel with a protective shield/guard.

With the Reusable Saf-T-Scalpel there is full blade size visualization during use and easy one-hand blade removal.

  • This innovative product has been designed to protect the practitioner’s hands during surgery.
  • It is the ultimate in safety since it is a patent pending design with audible click and tactile sensation to confirm the lock is in place.
  • It has a fully secure hidden ruler that is exposed while the blade is concealed and protected.
  • It has a built-in single handed blade remover so there will be no accidental cutting of the practitioner during surgery.
  • Autoclavable – Reusable.
  • There are multiple sized handles to choose from. Our products meet and exceed OSHA, CDC, JCAHO and AORN standards. We suggest that you comply with current OSHA laws pertaining to Sharps Safety in Surgery by using our sharps safety products to avoid being cited for repeated sharps safety violations.

For further information, please contact:

Advanced Medical Innovations
Mission Industrial Park
8741 Shirley Avenue, Northridge, CA
91324 USA
Phone: (818) 701-7180 (888) 367-2641
Fas: (818) 701-9708 EFax: (818) 350-5738
Website: http://www.amiwelisten.com
E-mail: sales@amiwelisten.com

Retractable Needles

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Retractable Needles

After the medication is infused into the patient the retraction mechanism is activated and the needle is retracted into the barrel of the syringe.

SAFER® SYRINGE 

The Safer® Passive Safety Syringe with Retractable Needle has several safety features that ensure accurate dosing of the drug, allow the needle to automatically retract at the end of the injection, avoid contact between the operator and the patient, and prevent the reuse of the device.

Devices like the Safer® Passive Safety Syringe with Retractable Needle will eliminate the risk of re-use and, therefore, the possibility of cross-contamination between users. In addition, they will remove the NSI risk to healthcare workers, eradicate the problem of scavenging and resale, and dispel the risk of poor waste management. 

For more information about the Safer® Passive Safety Syringe with Retractable Needle contact info@roncadelle-operations.com or phone  +39 030 672 310.