Safety devices listed by company

Copyright 2003, International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia. The Center wishes to thank Gina Pugliese (Safety Institute, Premiere, Inc.) for her assistance in compiling this list.

Below is a list of companies that manufacture and sell devices designed to prevent percutaneous injuries and exposures to bloodborne pathogens in the healthcare setting.

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and does not necessarily represent all the safety-engineered devices that each company sells. The International Healthcare Worker Safety Center does not conduct product evaluations, and inclusion on this list is not, and should not be interpreted as, an endorsement by the Center.

We welcome information about, and samples of, new products designed to prevent bloodborne pathogen exposures. Send product information to: Safety Device List, International Healthcare Worker Safety Center, University of Virginia, PO Box 800764, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0764. For more information, call (434) 924-5159 or e-mail us.



Companies with safety-engineered devices and products

3M Healthcare
3M Adhesive Wound Closure Strips
AVI Checkvalve

Adept-Med International, Inc.
Magnatreve Magnetic Floor Sweep

American Surgical
Safe-Lok Safety-engineered Scalpels

AMT Safety Products
Advanced Medical Technologies
Smartlock Safety Syringe

Alpha Scientific Corp.
Diff-Safe Blood Dispenser
Seg-Safe Segment Processor

Amgen
Amgen SureClick Single-Use Safety Prefilled Syringe
(single-use auto-injector with needlestick prevention feature, to administer medications for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and red and white blood cell therapy)

Arrow International/Teleflex
Central Venous Catheterization Kit with Integral Needle Protection [comes in      various sizes/guages/configurations]
PICC Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Kit with Integral Needle Protection [comes in various sizes/guages/configurations]
Radial Artery Catheterization Kit with Integral Needle Protecton

Bard Access Systems, Inc.
Huber Plus Safety Huber Needle

Baxter Healthcare Corp.
SampLink Systems
Clearlink Luer-Activated IV Access System
Needle Lock Device
Carpuject with InterLink blunt cannula or Luer Lock

Bayer Corp.
Glucolet 2 retracting lancet
Single-Let

B. Braun Medical Inc.
Ultrasite Needle-free IV System
SafeLine System
Safsite System
Ultrasite System
Introcan Safety IV catheter
Surecan Safety Huber Needle Infusion Set
Perifix Safety Epidural Needle

Becton Dickinson
BD Eclipse Injection Needle
BD Safety Glide Shielding Hypodermic Needle
BD Safety Glide Syringe for Insulin, TB and Allergy
BD Safety Lok Syringe
BD Integra Syringe with Retracting PrecisionGlide Needle
BD Hypak Pre-filled syringe with BD Preventis Automatic Needle Shielding System
BD Hypak Glass Pre-filled Syringe with BD SafetyGlide Needle
BD PosiFlush Pre-filled syringes
BD Sterifill Plastic Pre-fillable Syringe
BD Twinpak Dual Cannula Device
BD Angiocath Autoguard Shielded IV Catheter
BD Angiocath-N Autoguard Shielded IV Catheter for Small Vein Access
BD Autoguard Pro Shielded IV Catheter
BD Insyte Autoguard Shielded IV Catheter
BD Insyte-N Autoguard Shielded IV Catheter for Small Vein Access
BD Saf-T-Intima IV Catheter Safety System
BD Vacutainer Passive Shielding Blood Collection Neede with Integrated Blood Tube Holder
BD One Use Stackable Holder (single-use)
BD Vacutainer Push Button Blood Collection Set
BD Vacutainer Safety-Lok Blood Collection Set
BD Safe Draw Closed Loop Blood Sampling System
BD Genie Lancet
BD Quikheel Lancet
BD Vacutainer Plus Plastic Tubes
BD Beaver Safety Cataract Knives
BD Protected Disposable Scalpel
BD Protected Surgical Handle and Protected Blade System
BD Vacutainer Plastic Clad Microhematocrit Tubes
BD Bactac/F Blood Culture Procedure Tray
BD Vacutainer Hemogard Vacuum Tube Stopper
BD  Eclipse Bifurcated Needle
Jetinjector
Interlink IV Access System
Carpuject with InterLink blunt cannula or Luer Lock
BD Vacutainer Eclipse Blood Collection Needle

BioAccess
Bone Marrow Collection System with Sealed Collection Bag

Bioject Medical Technologies, Inc.
Biojector 2000

Bladex, Inc.
BLDX-2260 Scalpel Blade Exchanging System

Cardinal Health
NeRD needle recapping device
Allegiance Safety Scalpel
Secure Safety Insert System
Secure Syringe Shield

Cell Robotics International, Inc.
Lasette

Clozex Medical LLC
Clozex Wound Closures

CooperSurgical, Inc.
Guardian Vaginal Retractor

Cord Stick Corporation
Umbilical Cord Sampling

Daniels Sharpsmart, Inc.
Sharpsmart Collectors

Deltec/Smiths
Gripper Plus Safety Huber Needle

DeRoyal
Canica-Safety Reusable Handle
DeRoyal Safety Scalpel with retractable blade

Devon OR Products/Kendall-LTP
Blade Guard II sharps counting and disposal system

Diamatrix
Diamatrix Sharps Safety Stainless Steel Knife
Diamatrix Surgical Steel E-Series Trapezoid blade

Discount Medical Supply, Inc.
Shelly Protected Fistula Needle and Daisy Protected Scalp Vein Needle

Drummond Scientific Co.
Hemato-Clad Mylar-Wrapped Hematocrit Tube

DuoProSS Meditech Corp
BakSnap Retractable Safety Syringe

Enpath Medical, Inc.
Axia RSN Guidewire Introducer Safety Needle

Ethicon, Inc.
Ethiguard Blunt Point
Dermabond Topical Skin Adhesive

Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Harmonic Scalpel

Feather Safety Razor Co., Ltd.
Safeshield Scalpel

Gettig Technologies
Gettig Guard - Safety Needle System

Gimbel Glove Company
Gimbel Medical Glove

GlaxoSmithKline
Safety Tip-Lok (prefilled Tip-Lok syringes packed with BD SafetyGlide Needles for pediatric doses of Havrix (Hepitatis A Vaccine, Inactivated) and Engerix-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)])

Greiner Bio-One.
Vacuette Urine System
MiniCollect Capillary Collection System
Vacuette Blood Collection Tubes
Vacuette blood collection needle and Quickshield Safety tube holder
Vacuette Safety Blood Collection Set
Plastic Blood Collection Tubes

Helena Laboratories
H-Pette Slide Preparation Device

HemoCue, Inc.
HemoCue Blood Hemoglobin Photometer

Hospira
Clave Connector MAPS and Clave Connector Sets
MicroClave MAPS and Micro Clave Connector Sets
Carpuject Prefilled Syringe
LifeShield Abboject protected recessed needle
Life Shield System
LifeShield Prepierced Reseal and Blunt Cannula System

Horizon Medical Products, Inc.
LifeGuard Safety Huber Needle

Hypoguard USA, Inc.
Futura Safety Syringe
Haemolance
Haemolance Plus

ICU Medical, Inc.
Click Lock and Piggy Lock
CLC2000 connector

INCISIVE Surgical
Insorb l20 Subcuticular Skin Stapler

Inject-Safe Bandage, LLC
Inject-Safe Bandage

Injex - Equidyne Systems
Injex Needle-Free Injector

ITL (Innovating Technologies for Life) North America
DonorCare Needle Guard
DonorCare Needle Guard and Samplok Tube Holder
Blade-Guard (for cutting stitches)
SampLok Tube Holde
SampLock Sampling Kit
Platypus Needle Guard
Safety Segment Slitter

International Medication Systems, Ltd.
Luer-Jet Syringe
Mini-I-Jet with Stick-Gard recessed needle or InterLink blunt cannula

Innovative Laboratory Acrylics, Inc.
SS K Adaptor Cap

International Technidyne Corp. (ITC)
Tenderlett Automated Skin Incision Device
Tenderfoot Heel Incision Device

Inviro Medical Devices, Inc.
Inviro Snap Safety Syringe

Iris Sample Processing
SafeCrit Plastic Micro-Hematocrit Tube

JAI Surgicals
Surgeon Safety Scalpels with Steadfast Disposal Lock

JMS North America Corporation
SysLoc Safety A.V. Fistula Needle Set
WingEaster A.V. Fistula Needle Guard

Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.
Biovue PICC/Midline catheter with Protectiv Safety Introducer

Life-Shield Products, Inc.
Careo Retractable Safety Syringe

Kawasumi Laboratories America, Inc.
K-Shield Huber Needle Safety Device
K-Shield Winged Needle Blood Collection Set

Kendall-LTP The Kendall Company
Plastic Blood Collection Tubes
Monoject Monoletter Safety Lancet
Hands-Free-Transfer Magnetic Drapes
BlunTip Needleless IV Access
Defender Safety Needle Holder (needle-retracting tube holder with back-end needle protection)
ProGuard II Needle Holder (needle-retracting tube holder with back-end needle protection)
Monoject Angel Wing Safety Blood Collection Set
Monoject Angel Wing Safety Blood Collection Set
Angel Wing Safety Adaptor
Safeguard needleless urine sampling port
Monoject (Magellan) Safety Needle
Blade Guard II sharps counting and disposal system

MedCare Medical Group, Inc.
HuberLoc huber needle removal and containment device

The Med Design Corp./Specialized Health Products
Safe Step Huber Needle Set

Medisystems/NxStage
ButtonHole Needle Sets (needle sets for constant site AV fistula access)
MasterGuard Anti-Stick Needle Protector (fistula and apheresis needle sets)
Medic Anti-Stick Needle/Connector

MedPro, Inc.
Safe-Mate Safety Metal Syringe

Milestone Scientific
CompuDent with SafetyWand computer-controlled local anesthetic delivery system

Miltex, Inc.
Sterile Disposable Safety Scalpels

MPS Acacia
Smart Safety Huber Needle Set

MYCO Medical Supplies, Inc.
Technocut PLUS Retractable Safety Scalpel
Unolok-Plus Safety Infusion Sets
Vaku-8 Plus Safety Blood Collection Set
QlickSmart Scalpel Blade Removal System

Nipro Medical Corporation
Safe Touch II Safety Winged Infusions Set

Novo Nordisk A/S
Novo Nordisk NovoFine Autocover (safety-engineered neelde used in conjection with Novo Nordisk FlexPen for insulin jection)

OMI Ltd
OMI Retractable Syringe
OMI Safety Scalpel

Owen Mumford, Inc.
Unistik 2
Unistik 3 Safety Lancet

Palco Laboratories
EZ-Lets II Lancet

Performance Fabrics Inc.
HexArmor Personal Protective Armor

Personna Medical/American Safety Razor
PersonnaSafety Scalpel - disposable
Personna Plus Safety Scalpel System - Reusable Metal Handle with Disposable Blade Cartridgtes
Personna Plus Safety Scalpels - disposable
DermaSeal Skin Closure Strips, Reinforced & Flexible
Personna DermaGuard Safety Prep Razor

Post Medical
The Automatic Needle Disconnect (A.N.D.) phlebotomy container

Pro-Western Plastics Inc.
Medical Waste Containers

Radiometer America Inc.
safePICO self-filling arterial sampler

Retractable Technologies, Inc.
Vanish Point Syringe
VanishPoint Blood Collection Tube Holder (needle-retracting tube holder with back-end needle protection)

Roche Diagnostics Corporation
Accu-Check Safe-T-Pro

SafePro USA, Inc.
SafePro Safety Sryinge
SafePro Plus Safety Syringe

Safe-Tec Clinical Products, Inc.
MicroSafe plastic tube
SafeCap Self-Sealing Mylar-Wrapped Capillary Tubes
Unistik 3

Safety 1st Medical Inc.
Safety 1st Safety Syringe

Safety Syringe Corporation of America, Inc.
Auto-Lock Safety Syringe

Safety Syringes, Inc.
UltraSafe Injection System
UltraSafe Needle Guard
UltraSafe Injection System
UltraSafe Needle Guard

Sage Products Inc.
Personal Protection Gowns and Gloves

Sandel Medical Industries, LLC
Sandel Z-Instrument Drape (Friction and Friction/Magnet)
Sandel Z-Tray for no hands passing of surgical instruments
Sandel Weighted and Non-weighted Safety ScalpelsTM

Sarstedt, Inc.
Haemo-Diff Blood Smear
Microvette Capillary Blood Collection System
S Monovette Blood Collection System
Multifly Blood Collection Set
Multivette Capillary Blood Collection System
Tube Segment Opener
Urine Monovette with Luer-Lock Adapter

Septodont, Inc.
Safety Plus Injection System

Smiths Medical
Needle-Pro
Carpuject Needle-Pro hinged recap device
AdvantIV Safety I.V. Catheter
Protectiv Acuvance I.V. Safety Catheter
Protectiv and Protectiv Plus IV Catheter safety system
Pro-Vent Plus
Saf-T-Clik Blood Tube Holder (tube holder with sliding safety sheath)
Saf-T Wing Blood Collection Set (with or without Saf-T blood tube holder)
Saf-T Closed Blood Collection System
Futura Safety Lancet
Futura Safety Scalpel-retractable scalpel
Venipuncture Needle-Pro Device (blood tube holder with needle shield attached)

SpanAmerica Medical Systems
Secure IV peripheral venous catheter

Specialized Health Products/Med-Design Corp.
LiftLoc and MiniLoc Safety Infusion Sets
SafetyStrip Lancet
LuproLoc Safety Prefilled Syringe
SecureLoc Safety Introducer Needle

Sterimatic Ltd
Sterimatic Self-Sheathing Syringe
Serimataic Safety Blood Collection Needle [not available in U.S.]

Streck
Streck ESR-Vacuum Tube Safety Coated Blood Collection Tubes

Surgical Specialties Corporation
MSP Saf-T-Pass Retractable Scalpel

SurgiLance
SurgiLance Safety Lancet

SuturTek Incorporated
SuturTek 360° Fascia Closure Device

Swann-Morton Limited
Swann-Morton Disposable Scalpel with Retractable Blade

Syneture - U.S. Surgical
Auto Suture Endo Stitch 10 mm Suturing Device
Indermil Topical Adhesive for Alternative Closure Methods
Protect Point Blunt Point Needles
     BGS Series
     BP Series
     BTP, BTV, BGST Blunt Taper Series

Terumo Medical Corp.
SurGuard Safety Allergy Syringe
SurGuard Safety Insulin Syringe
SurGuard2 Safety Syringe
Surshield Safety Winged Infusion Sets
Surshield Safety Winged Blood Collection Set
Teruflex Blood Bag System with Blood Sampling Arm

Tri-State Hospital Supply Corporation
Centurion Uni-Guard Piggy Back Connector

Univec, Inc.
Univec Sliding Sheath
Bifurcated Safety Needle

Venetec International
StatLock Securement System

Vital Signs, Inc.
Vital Signs Sure-Lok Sheath

Wall Precision Instruments LLC
CDT Speculum (Channel Directed Tympanocentesis Speculum) for use as an otoscopic accessory for tympanocentesis

Westmed, Inc.
Pulset ABG Syringe (with three options for needle protection: the Crickett, Grasshopper or SafetyTip needle covers)

Whizard Protective Wear
The Whizard Liner Glove