Infection Control Company Inviro Medical Devices Offers “Green” Solutions
Company’s Flagship Product, the InviroSNAP!® Safety Syringe, Helps with Waste Reduction
ATLANTA – January 15, 2008 – Infection control company Inviro Medical Devices
is helping its customers advance their “green” initiatives, by
supplying products creating less medical waste than competitive
products and by using more recyclable components in their safety
syringes and packaging materials.
The company’s innovative
InviroSNAP!® Safety Syringe, once activated, takes up less medical
waste space than retro-fitted safety syringes. An internal study
performed by Jean McDowell, vice president of clinical affairs, found
that InviroSNAP! took up less than half the space in sharps containers
than retro-fitted safety syringes.
Additionally, the cap and
plunger components of the InviroSNAP! Safety Syringe, Inviro’s flagship
infection control product, are clean materials and can be placed in a
medical site’s recycle bins. Inviro is also moving ahead in its waste
reduction efforts with its packaging for its flu and allergy trays. The
trays contain 25 safety syringes in a single tray that are sterile, but
not individually wrapped, making for less paper and less waste in
general. The infection control company has simplified its dispenser
boxes and case shippers incorporating recyclable materials in both.
“Since our company was created, we have recognized the Green
Initiatives of the healthcare industry and continually strive to meet
the needs in the medical field for waste reduction, more
environmentally friendly packaging and using materials that can be
recycled,” said Gareth Clarke, chief executive officer of
Inviro.Medical Devices. “Our entire product line, including the
InviroSNAP! safety syringe, consists of products that fit this model.”
Looking for future improvements, Inviro recently partnered with a local
university in order to develop advanced packaging options for further
waste reduction and to reduce the company’s environmental footprint. In
addition, the company recently joined the organization “Hospitals for a
Healthy Environment,” which strives to work toward waste reduction in
the health care sector as a whole. For more information about Inviro or
its green initiatives, please visit www.inviromedical.com.
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About Inviro Medical Devices
Founded in 1988, Inviro Medical Devices
engineers and markets safe medication delivery systems, including the
patented InviroSNAP!® Safety Syringe with InviroSTRIPE®, an integral
write-on stripe that allows critical information to be recorded
directly onto the syringe barrel. After years of research to develop
its patents and refine its product designs, the company is addressing
the growing $1.6 billion safety syringe
market and introducing its breakthrough infection control technology in
North America. Headquartered in Atlanta, Inviro Medical Devices is
becoming a leading industry champion in the quest to increase infection
control awareness and to protect healthcare workers, patients and the
environment with innovative medical devices. For more information,
visit www.inviromedical.com.