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InviroSNAP!^® Safety Syringe

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

PRODUCT FEATURES

Q. What is the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe?
A. The innovative InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is a custom-engineered manually retractable safety syringe. Developed and patented by Inviro Medical, it provides distinct protection and performance advantages for healthcare professionals. This unique device is engineered with the safety feature integral to the design, unlike most safety syringes that are retro-fitted using add-on pieces.

Q. How does the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe work?
A. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe looks and functions like a traditional syringe and is easy to use. With the clinician’s hand and fingers safely positioned behind the needle, the clinician administers the medication dose and pulls the plunger back. This action causes the needle to retract into the syringe barrel. Once the needle is retracted, the plunger is snapped off, permanently disabling the device.

Q. Who benefits by using the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe?
A. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is a custom-engineered manually retractable safety syringe, representing a significant new segment in the safety syringe market. Clinicians operate the unique device with ease and confidence, while healthcare organizations protect employees, comply with industry regulations, and reduce the potential risk and costs associated with needlesticks.

Q. Who invented the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe?
A. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe was developed by a nurse and surgeon motivated by concerns about the severe medical, psychological and economic consequences of accidental needlestick injuries. The patented InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe was designed well in advance of legislative mandates.

Q. Is the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe an engineered safety device?
A. Absolutely. Inviro Medical engineered the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe from the ground up with the goal of designing the best safety syringe available. The difference between an engineered safety syringe and one in which a safety shield, sheath or cap has been added to an existing non-safety syringe, is significant. Retro-fitted models place the fingers dangerously close to the exposed needle. With the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe, the clinician’s hands remain behind the needle during activation.

Q. Is the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe easy to use?
A. Yes. Clinicians appreciate that the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe handles just like a traditional syringe. Because the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe allows clinicians to use standard clinical technique to fill the syringe and deliver the dose, training for this syringe is straightforward and can be readily accomplished.

Q. How is the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe activated?
A. Activating the safety mechanism of an InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is quick and easy. Push. Pull. SNAP! Simply deliver the dose completely per standard protocol, depressing the plunger fully to engage the safety mechanism. Pull the plunger fully back into the barrel of the syringe (causing the needle to retract inside the barrel), and SNAP! off the plunger. The retraction of the needle into the barrel reduces the volume of medical waste that can reduce disposal costs. Most important, the InviroSNAP! safety design can reduce potential needlestick injuries as hands remain behind the needle during activation of the safety feature.

Q. How can the clinician know that the InviroSNAP! safety feature has been activated?
A. The clinician can readily verify that the safety feature of the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe has been activated. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe provides obvious visual and audible confirmation. The clinician can visually determine that the needle has been retracted into the barrel, as well as see and hear the SNAP! of the plunger as it disengages from the syringe.

Q. Can the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe be reused?
A. No. Once the needle is retracted into the barrel and the plunger has been snapped off, the syringe is permanently disabled and cannot be reused.

Q. Does the InviroSNAP! needle retract into the barrel?
A. Yes. Once activated, the needle of the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe manually retracts completely into the barrel of the syringe. The syringe is permanently disabled and cannot be reused.

Q. Does the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe have low dead space?
A. Yes. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe has low dead space, which means less medication waste with potential cost savings for a healthcare facility.

Q. Are the gradations on the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe barrel clearly visible?
A. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is highly accurate. The syringe design, including its gradations, meets stringent FDA and ISO requirements. And, the measurements are especially easy to read because there is no sheath, shield or cap to obstruct the markings. In addition, the use of bold text adds to the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe’s legibility (which is of particular importance for older eyes). These characteristics can contribute to increased dose accuracy.

TECHNIQUE

Q. Can I exchange the needle with the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe?
A. Yes. The Inviro Safety System allows clinicians to quickly and efficiently
exchange needles using the InviroSNAP! Luer Lock Safety Syringe and InviroSNAP! Luer Lock Needles. In addition, the InviroLINK>> Vial Access Plastic Cannula used in conjunction with the InviroSNAP! Luer Lock Safety Syringe eliminates the need for a steel needle to withdraw medication.

Q. Do the clinician’s hands remain behind the needle?
A. Yes, and this is a critical distinction between the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe and retro-fitted safety syringes. The InviroSNAP! safety design reduces potential needlestick injuries as hands remain behind the needle during activation of the safety feature.

Q. Can clinicians use a ‘one-handed’ technique with the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe?
A. Yes. Activating the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is simply a matter of engaging the safety mechanism, pulling the plunger back and snapping it off, which can be accomplished using one hand. And, with the InviroSNAP!, the clinician’s hands remain behind the needle at all times.

Q. Will the InviroSNAP! safety feature get in the way of the procedure?
A. No. Because our safety feature is engineered into the design of the syringe, there are no additional pieces retro-fitted onto the syringe to inhibit the procedure.

COMPETITION

Q. How does the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe differ from other safety syringes?
A. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe is the first in a new category of manually retractable safety syringes. Other safety syringes are either retro-fitted models modified with safety features or automatic retractable syringes which are generally more expensive. The InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe has no add-on pieces as the safety feature is an integral part of the syringe.

While activating the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe, the clinician’s hand and fingers remain behind the needle and no movement toward the needle is required to activate the safety feature. Once activated, the needle retracts into the barrel and is offset. The syringe cannot be reused as it is permanently disabled.

ECONOMICS

Q. Can facilities afford to buy the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe?
A. The manually retractable InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe provides excellent value with pricing at a similar level to retro-fitted syringes. With a competitive price point, the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe was engineered from the ground up to be the best syringe available. And, healthcare facilities may realize lower disposal costs with the reduction in medical waste achieved by the retraction of the needle into the SNAP! barrel.