Plastic Capillary tubes

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Plastic Capillary Tubes

Capillary tubes have been used for the collection of blood in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, physicians’ offices, blood donation facilities, and blood testing centers. Accidental breakage of these slender, fragile tubes has been reported when the tubes are inserted into putty to be sealed and during centrifugation. By utilizing plastic capillary tubes or glass capillary tubes with a mylar wrap minimizes the risk of exposure to HIV, Hepatitis, and other bloodborne pathogens.


MiniCollect® Capillary Tubes
MiniCollect® capillary tubes are used together with the various collection tubes of the same range. They are moulded from a special plastic to prevent activation of cells. The coating is dependent upon the type of sample being collected, and for this reason capillary tubes are clearly identifiable by the colour-code. When the capillary is inserted into the tube through the unique cross cut cap, blood flows into the tube via the capillary effect.

Oral Medication Dispensers

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Oral Medication Dispensers

There are a variety of alternatives to the injection of medication through needles. Oral Medication Dispensers remove all possibilities for accidental needlestick injuries.

Oral Medication Dispenser

Exacta-Med® Oral Dispensers were the very first Baxa products – developed in 1975 to address the issue of wrong-route administration of non-sterile oral medications.

These non-luer dispensers cannot fit a luer connection or actuate a needleless valve. Exacta-Med Dispensers provide a safer and more accurate dosing and delivery method than teaspoons, graduated cups or droppers, which can result in inaccurate or even dangerous doses.

Opthalmic Scalpel

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Ophthalmic Scalpel

Specifically designed, integrated retractable shield that protects the blade in procedure and during handling.

All SharpGuard™ guarded knives are designed to meet “safer medical device” standards required by OSHA to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Identification, evaluation and selection of safer medical devices are key components of a facility “Exposure Control Plan” (ECP), requiring annual reviews and updates.

SharpGuard™ guarded knives are packaged in sterile blister trays in a closed, safe position, five units per box.

Directions for Use:

1. To Open:

With textured grip pointing away from body, slide grip back until it clicks to expose blade.

2. To Close:

With the blade pointing away from body, slide textured grip toward blade until it clicks into guarded position.

3. Disposal:

Close the knife into the guarded position. Place knife in an approved sharps container.

Operating Room Sharps Safety

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Operating Room Sharps Safety

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.

It is also critical that sharps are passed appropriatelybetween healthcare workers. A method of passing sharps safely is critical.

What is Surgilock?

• An adhesive cross-linked polymer pad that securely holds both
metallic and non-metallic instruments and prevents them from
breaking the sterile field or landing on the floor

• Greatly reduces Operating Room delays to retrieve another instrument
• Reduces chance of instrument damage

• Enables surgeons to have their most commonly used instruments
readily available to them

• Provides a safe way to supply pre-loaded needle holders with less
back and forth transfer

SAFETY PLATFORM – Helps reduce sharps injuries in the operating room. Securely holds sharps, needles, scalpels, etc. safely in the sterile field and greatly reduces the need for passing between staff members, virtually eliminating accidental sticks

EFFICIENCY – Our patented technology allows Surgeons & Nurses to perform surgery with less wasted movements, allowing a more time and cost-efficient procedure

TECHNOLOGY – Our patented ElasTak® adhesive polymer technology is non-toxic, environmentally friendly, green-based

MINIMIZES HEAT TRANSFER – From Bovie/electrocautery

NO MAGNETS – Holds everything

COST SAVINGS – No loss of overboard instruments

For more information about this safety product that:

  • saves time and money and improves Safety
  • Line of Defense for Infections due to sterile field being broken with dropped instruments
  • Increases Operating Room Efficiency
  • Reduces Sharps-related Incident
  • Reduces Instrument Drops
  • Eliminates Alternative Disposables
  • Holds Metallic and Non-Metallic Instruments and Equipment
  • Increases OR Staff Satisfaction

Contact MedicaLock.Com

https://surgilock.com/

608-430-2475

info@medicalock.com 

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 that99% 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 needle7
  • 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.”

NeedleVISE® sharps securing system

Steps:

Before starting the procedure, place the procedure tray on a flat, stable surface within the sterile field and make sure that the NeedleVISE® sharps securing system is securely mounted in an upright position within the tray.

Immediately following use of a needle and while still being held with one hand away from the sharp end, firmly insert the sharp end using a rotating motion into the NeedleVISE® until the needle is secure. Make sure to KEEP YOUR FREE HAND AWAY FROM THE NEEDLEVISE® SHARPS SECURING SYSTEM DURING INSERTION. This action will lock the needle firmly into the NeedleVISE® device. In some instances,
an uncontaminated needle, once captured within the NeedleVISE® sharps securing system, may have the of a new needle onto the syringe for use on the same patient.

Once the procedure is completed, the NeedleVISE® sharps securing system with secured sharps should be removed from the procedure tray and placed in a sharps container.

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Nuclear Medicine Devices

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Nuclear Medicine Devices

Sharps safety products that protect clinicians from accidental needlesticks while providing appropriate tools for nuclear studies.

Non-Magnetic Instrument Pads

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Non-Magnetic Instrument Pads

The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard states that facilities should use proper work practices to help eliminate needlesticks and other sharps injuries. A “No-hands” procedure or “neutral zone” helps to eliminate hand-to-hand instrument passing in the operating room. One method of accomplishing this neutral zone is through the use of non-magnetic instrument pads.

What is Surgilock?

• An adhesive cross-linked polymer pad that securely holds both
metallic and non-metallic instruments and prevents them from
breaking the sterile field or landing on the floor

• Greatly reduces Operating Room delays to retrieve another instrument
• Reduces chance of instrument damage

• Enables surgeons to have their most commonly used instruments
readily available to them

• Provides a safe way to supply pre-loaded needle holders with less
back and forth transfer

SAFETY PLATFORM – Helps reduce sharps injuries in the operating room. Securely holds sharps, needles, scalpels, etc. safely in the sterile field and greatly reduces the need for passing between staff members, virtually eliminating accidental sticks

EFFICIENCY – Our patented technology allows Surgeons & Nurses to perform surgery with less wasted movements, allowing a more time and cost-efficient procedure

TECHNOLOGY – Our patented ElasTak® adhesive polymer technology is non-toxic, environmentally friendly, green-based

MINIMIZES HEAT TRANSFER – From Bovie/electrocautery

NO MAGNETS – Holds everything

COST SAVINGS – No loss of overboard instruments

For more information about this safety product that:

  • saves time and money and improves Safety
  • Line of Defense for Infections due to sterile field being broken with dropped instruments
  • Increases Operating Room Efficiency
  • Reduces Sharps-related Incident
  • Reduces Instrument Drops
  • Eliminates Alternative Disposables
  • Holds Metallic and Non-Metallic Instruments and Equipment
  • Increases OR Staff Satisfaction

Contact MedicaLock.Com

https://surgilock.com/

608-430-2475

info@medicalock.com 

Z-Instrument Drape™
The Z-Instrument Drape™ orange color provides an obvious and noticeable “neutral zone” for instruments. It is a non-skid surface and provides a bright orange color to denote a “Sharps” Zone.

Neutral Zone Products

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Neutral Zone Products

A neutral zone should be utilized during all surgical procedures to prevent two individuals from simultaneously handling a … sharp, including but not limited to scalpel blades, suture needles, hypodermic needles, and sharp surgical instruments.

What is Surgilock?

• An adhesive cross-linked polymer pad that securely holds both
metallic and non-metallic instruments and prevents them from
breaking the sterile field or landing on the floor

• Greatly reduces Operating Room delays to retrieve another instrument
• Reduces chance of instrument damage

• Enables surgeons to have their most commonly used instruments
readily available to them

• Provides a safe way to supply pre-loaded needle holders with less
back and forth transfer

SAFETY PLATFORM – Helps reduce sharps injuries in the operating room. Securely holds sharps, needles, scalpels, etc. safely in the sterile field and greatly reduces the need for passing between staff members, virtually eliminating accidental sticks

EFFICIENCY – Our patented technology allows Surgeons & Nurses to perform surgery with less wasted movements, allowing a more time and cost-efficient procedure

TECHNOLOGY – Our patented ElasTak® adhesive polymer technology is non-toxic, environmentally friendly, green-based

MINIMIZES HEAT TRANSFER – From Bovie/electrocautery

NO MAGNETS – Holds everything

COST SAVINGS – No loss of overboard instruments

For more information about this safety product that:

  • saves time and money and improves Safety
  • Line of Defense for Infections due to sterile field being broken with dropped instruments
  • Increases Operating Room Efficiency
  • Reduces Sharps-related Incident
  • Reduces Instrument Drops
  • Eliminates Alternative Disposables
  • Holds Metallic and Non-Metallic Instruments and Equipment
  • Increases OR Staff Satisfaction

Contact MedicaLock.Com

https://surgilock.com/

608-430-2475

info@medicalock.com 

Neutray™ Sharps Passing Tray for neutral zone hands free transfer of sharps during a surgical procedure. This innovative product has been specifically designed to handle many of the different styles of sharps used in today’s O.R.

  • It is the ultimate in safety since all sharp instruments have a specific slot or cavity that they can nestle in while they are being passed safely from the scrub nurse to the surgeon and vice versa.
  • It has a unique instrument pick-up area that protects the practitioner’s hands from sharps or contaminated instruments unlike anything else available in the market today.
  • It can handle virtually all sharps in surgery such as: scalpels & blades; needle/needle holders (all sizes); syringes; sharp instruments (like Iris Scissors); K-wires; Trocars and others.
  • Also available with adhesive on the bottom of the tray.
  • Two trays can be interconnected as an option for a one-handed needle exchange system.
  • 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 by for repeated sharps safety violations.

For further information, please contact:

Advanced Medical Innovations

Mission Industrial Park

8741 Shirley Avenue, Northridge, CA 91324

Phone: (818) 701-7180

Fax: (818) 701-9708 | EFax: (818)-350-5738

Website: http://www.amiwelisten.com â—Ź E-mail: sales@amiwelisten.com

Needleless Transfer Devices

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Needleless transfer Devices

Medications have typically been transferred from glass vials to syringes by using a needle designed to pierce the rubber septum. Newer technology exists that allows for the transfer of a diluent into powdered medication without the need for repeated piercing of vials.
Scenes like this one create unnecessary exposure to needlesticks. Technology exists to transfer medication from vials to syringe or from vial to vial without ever using a needle!

Needleless Transfer Device

The Needleless Transfer Device enables the rapid transfer of a diluent into powder vials for mixing and drug reconstitution. The use of a single device allows a closed system preparation.

Needlefree Medication Reconstitution

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Needlefree Medication reconstitution

The typical method for reconstitution of lyophilized medication requires the puncture of a rubber vial stoppers by a needle filled with diluents. The medication in the vial is mixed and the needle is withdrawn and then used to inject into the patient. The puncture of the rubber septum can dull the tip of the needle prior to injecting into patient and provides unnecessary opportunity for a needlestick accident. Newer technologies do not require a needle.

Scenes like this one create unnecessary exposure to needlesticks. Technology exists to transfer medication from vials to syringe or from vial to vial without ever using a needle!

Needle-free Jet Injection Systems

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Needle-free Jet Injection Systems

Needle-free jet injection systems administer subcutaneous medications without using needles. Needle-free injections utilize high-pressure to penetrate the skin with the medication into the subcutaneous tissue.