Sharps protection is available in research and clinical settings to prevent injuries that occur before, during and after use through substitution/elimination of sharps, sharps with built-in safety engineering controls or personal protective equipment. Example devices are listed below, and many other options are available.
Choose safer alternatives for your research today to reduce your risk of injury!
Safer needles and syringe systems have a single-handed activation mechanism to retract or shield the needle and prevent accidental needle puncture. Manual and automatic activation options exist. Multiple sizes are available (18G to 30G).
|
Type |
Product Name |
Manufacturer |
Vendor |
Catalog No. |
|
Self-sheathing |
SafetyGlide Needles |
BD Diagnostic Systems |
Fisher Scientific |
14-826-106 |
|
Self-sheathing |
Monoject Magellan Needles |
Covidien |
Fisher Scientific |
22-256-551 |
|
Retractable |
Integra Needle and Syringe |
BD Diagnostic Systems |
Fisher Scientific |
14-823-52 |
|
Retractable |
VanishPoint 1ml U-100 Insulin |
Retractable Technologies |
Medline |
RTI10211 |
|
Safer Needle |
Vacutainer Push Button Blood |
BD Diagnostic Systems |
Fisher Scientific |
23-021-023 |
|
Safety Lancet |
Safety Lancet |
MediPurpose |
Fisher Scientific |
22-000-100 |
Blunt-fill needles or plastic needless access devices blunt or remove the needle to create a safer device that requires at least 10× greater force to penetrate human skin. They can be used to puncture tubing, penetrate rubber septa, homogenize tissues, flush bone marrow or deliver fluid. Multiple sizes are available (18G to 30G).
|
Type |
Product Name |
Manufacturer |
Vendor |
Catalog No. |
|
Blunt Needle |
Monoject Blunt Cannula |
Covidien |
VWR |
53498-484 |
|
Blunt-fill Needle |
Vacutainer General Use Syringe Needle |
BD Diagnostic Systems |
Fisher Scientific |
23-021-020 |
|
Needleless Device |
Interlink Vial Access Cannula |
BD Diagnostic Systems |
Fisher Scientific |
13-689-7C |
Exposed blades present a sharps injury risk. Safer blade devices use a manual mechanism to retract or shield the blade. Multiple sizes are available (no.2 to no.25).
|
Type |
Product Name |
Manufacturer |
Vendor |
Catalog No. |
|
Retractable Scalpel |
Retractable Sheath Scalpel |
Market Lab |
Fisher Scientific |
NC9835189 |
|
Retractable Scalpel |
Safety Scalpel |
Cincinnati Surgical |
Cincinnati Surgical |
06S10 |
|
Safer Razor Blade |
Klever Koncept |
Klever Innovations |
Safety Cutter |
SC-KK-201-L |
Glass items present a hazard if broken. Substitute glass with plastic alternatives whenever feasible.
|
Type |
Product Name |
Manufacturer |
Vendor |
Catalog No. |
|
Plastic Pipet |
Costar Disposable Aspirating Pipet |
Corning |
Fisher Scientific |
07-200-830 |
|
Plastic Pipet |
Plasteur Plastic Pasteur Pipet |
Celltreat |
Celltreat |
229274 |
|
Plastic Hemocytometer |
C-Chip Disposable Hemacytometer |
INCYTO |
Fisher Scientific |
22-600-100 |
|
Plastic Cover Slip |
Disposable Cover Slips |
Fisher Scientific |
Fisher Scientific |
S17525C |
|
Plastic Capillary Tube |
Innovative Med Tech P |
Innovative Medical Technologies Inc. |
Fisher Scientific |
22-757-116 |
|
Aspiration Flask |
M-Vac Waste Aspiration System |
Argos Technologies |
VWR |
10141-552 |
|
Aspiration Flask |
Nalgene Heavy-Duty Vacuum Bottles |
Thermo Scientific |
Fisher Scientific |
02-923-5 and |
*If fine tips are needed for aspiration, consider using combinations of aspirating
pipettes (or P1000 tips) and finer disposable (non- filtered) pipette tips (P200),
which can be changed to prevent cross-contamination.
|
Type |
Product Name |
Manufacturer |
Vendor |
Catalog No. |
|
Needle Stick Gloves, |
TurtleSkin Safety PPE |
Warwick Mills |
Various Distributors |
Various Models |
|
Metal Mesh Gloves |
Whizard Stainless |
Wells Lamont |
VWR |
80091 |
- OSHA’s Safer Sharps: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/sharps/sharps.html
- CDC Stop Sticks Campaign: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/stopsticks/
- International Sharps Injury Prevention Society: http://www.isips.org