Vacuette safety needle system

Intravenous products: MedPro Safety Products Inc. is undergoing safety testing for a product known as the Vacuette Premium Safety Needle System, a self-capping needle used for drawing blood. The goal of the system is to eliminate accidental sticks with a used needle by eliminating any chance of human error.

Walter Weller, president and chief operating officer of MedPro, said he thinks Vacuette Premium Safety needles have several aspects that make them stand out from existing blood collection systems.
The first is what he describes as “passive” technology — that is, the needle cover deploys on its own. “What’s unique about it is that we don’t require interaction from the phlebotomist. We don’t ask them to push buttons or snap clips,” Weller said. Weller estimates that 35 percent of needle-stick injuries occur from the time the needle leaves the arm to transportation to a container or destructive device.
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