Workers in many different occupations are at risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Safety Heel stick Devices
A collection of capillary blood is obtained by pricking the skin on the heel and collecting a drop or two of blood on a test strip on into a small container.  The area is cleansed with antiseptic and punctured with a sharp needle or a lancet. The blood may be collected in a pipette, on a slide, onto a test strip, or into a small container. When using standard needles or lancets this leaves sharps that can accidentally stick a healthcare worker or others.  Newer technologies exist that eliminate the sharps injury potential
 

Heel sticks with a standard needle or lancet create potential needlesticks to healthcare workers and others. 
 




Unistik 3 Neonatal

 

 

Unistik 3 Neonatal

 

The Unistik 3 Neonatal device is designed especially for blood sampling from the babies’ heel with a puncture depth of only 1.8mm.

 

Owen Mumford

Unistik 3 Neonatal and Laboratory

Unistik 3 Neonatal featuring Comfort Zone Technology is an extremely easy and comfortable way to obtain a blood sample.

It is designed to ensure the highest level of safety for the healthcare professional and their patients.

It is designed to ensure the highest level of safety for the healthcare professional and their patients. 

The Unistik 3 lancet is pre-set and covered with a protective sterile cap. There is no need to load the lancet or prime the device prior to use. You simply twist off the protective cap and the device is ready for use.

The Unistik 3 lancet is pre-set and covered with a protective sterile cap.

The Unistik 3 needlepoint is hidden before use and automatically retracts after use to avoid needlestick injuries and cross infection.

Unistik 3 has an additional visual lockout feature. Should an attempt be made to misuse the device by trying to re-prime the lancet there is a clear indication to the operator that the device has been used and should be disposed of in a suitable sharps container.

The Unistik 3 Neonatal device is designed especially for blood sampling from the babies’ heel with a puncture depth of only 1.8mm. The lancet has Special Asymmetric Grinding to give optimal blood flow and reduced pain for the baby.

The Unistik 3 needlepoint is hidden before use and automatically retracts after use to avoid needlestick injuries and cross infection.

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SurgiLance babyLance®

 

 

 

 

 

Designed with many of the same innovations that have made our SurgiLance® safety lancet one of the world’s most popular needlestick solutions, babyLance® is specially designed for neonatal caregivers.

Quality You Can Trust

Manufactured to the same regulatory and quality standards as the SurgiLance® safety lancet.

Ease of Activation

Designed to reduce trigger activation force—thereby significantly reducing the risk of bruising.

Unique Positioning Design

Utilizing a unique curved surface to facilitate a stable and accurate placement against the targeted section of the heel while ensuring the procedure can be consistently quickly.

Performance to Established Standards

The swift pendulum action of the cutting blade makes an incision that complies to the CLSI LA4-A5 established guidelines.

Cost Effectiveness

Specifically designed to provide accurate, consistent and clean incisions by incorporating unique design characteristics that allow for the most cost-effective manufacturing process.

Watch an online video demonstration to see babyLance™ in action!

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ITC Tenderfoot®

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITC Tenderfoot®

 

The patented Tenderfoot devices are safe, easy to use, and virtually pain free with less bruising as compared with traditional lancet devices.

Incision Technology

The Tenderfoot® infant heelstick device uses a highly sharpened surgical blade that swings across the skin in a gentle arc. The incision produced is carefully controlled to a depth that is just above where most nerve fibers are located, but through the rich capillary bed. The result is a high quality blood sample with significantly less pain and trauma to a baby’s tender skin.

ITC Incision

Traditional Puncture

Safety Features

Once the blade is triggered, it retracts permanently back into the device. Accidental sticks are eliminated. The need for repeat sticks are virtually eliminated since each device is carefully controlled to produce an incision at a standardized length and depth.

Range of Sizes

With four different models, you can choose the tenderfoot device that best fits each child; available in four incision depths: micro-preemie, preemie, full-term infant and toddler.

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