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A global problem with global implications
Needle Stick Injuries are an increasing problem throughout the world as each year globally 12,000,000,000 injections will be administered and of these up to 3,000,000 Needle Stick Injuries will occur.
80% of all Needle Stick Injuries are preventable!
With over 100,000 reported Needle Stick Injuries in the UK alone, Spain in excess of 100,000, Germany 500,000 and USA 1,000.000 - Needle Stick Injuries (NSI) are a global problem with global implications.
The problemThe NeedleSmart product addresses two major issues for global healthcare systems, the safety of the healthcare staff and the escalating compliance cost of disposing of post procedural needles.
The NeedleSmart product is designed as a sealed chamber storing needles and syringes in a sterilised safe form and it efficiently minimizes the possibility of post procedural Needle Stick Injury (NSI)
The NeedleSmart product heats the needles inserted to an excess of 1300 degrees °C which will kill potential harmful pathogens, viruses and bacteria adhering to the needle.
Sterilising the needle to be disposed of and melting it into a safe sphere inside the product allows the waste to be disposed as non-hazardous rather than hazardous clinical waste with considerable cost savings.
The solutionStage 1
The used hypodermic needle is inserted into the NeedleSmart product, via our bespoke guide mechanism.
Stage 2
The NeedleSmart electronics detect the presence of a hypodermic within the product, and the destruction process begins, heating the needle to over 1300°C.
Stage 3
A couple of seconds later the destroyed needle is released from the NeedleSmart product as a safe, sterile sphere at the tip of a plastic line.
Needles are used in a worldwide variety of applications from intensive or routine healthcare, laboratory work, urban hospitals, immunization center’s, military hospitals, and diabetic care through to recreational drug use.
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