Safety syringes help protect staff from the health risks of needlestick injuries, and the Trust from damages claims. Some safety syringes are safer than others, however. Over 70% of nurses surveyed said they preferred syringes where hands and fingers stay behind the needle area when activating the safety mechanism, and where the syringe is permanently disabled after the safety mechanism is activated. Over 60% required the safety feature to be integral to the design of the syringe, the needle should withdraw into the barrel, and the mechanism be operated single-handedly.
Safer hypodermic syringes
The In-Viro Snap syringe from BES REHAB meets all these needs, and has the added benefit of the In-Viro Stripe where patient and drug details can be written on the side of the syringe – reducing the risk of the syringe being used on the wrong patient, or the wrong drug being injected.
