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Condition:
- Weight: 4.5 lb
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MFR:
ICU Medical
Ships from MFI Medical
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MPN: BN1815
- Phone: (949) 366-2183
Frequently asked questions
How many needles are in a single case?
Both the standard and filtered configurations of the Icu Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle are supplied in high volume cases of 1000 units. This bulk quantity is suitable for high-demand environments, helping to ensure an adequate supply.
Does this needle offer a protective filter option?
Yes, the ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle is available in a specialized, filtered configuration designed to enhance medication safety and purity during preparation. This option is particularly valuable when handling medications from ampoules, which can contain large particulate matter.
- Filter Specification: It features a high-quality 5 micron membrane filter.
- Benefit: The filter is engineered to intercept and actively prevent these particles from being drawn into the syringe during medication draw-up, reconstitution, or IV bag access.
Does the blunt design enhance safety?
Yes, the ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle is engineered to enhance both safety and efficiency during medication preparation, reconstitution, and IV bag access.
This design provides two main safety benefits:
- Injury Prevention: The blunt tip significantly reduces the risk of accidental needlestick injuries compared to standard sharp needles, improving user safety during preparation tasks.
- Particle Control (Optional): An available configuration includes an integrated 5-micron membrane filter. This feature is essential for blocking large particulate matter from entering the syringe when drawing up medications from ampoules.
What are the key safety features?
The ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle provides dual protection focused on user safety and medication purity:
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Sharps Injury Reduction: The primary safety feature is the blunt tip design (18-gauge x 1½ inches). This configuration is engineered to significantly reduce the risk of accidental needlestick injuries during medication draw-up, reconstitution, and IV bag access.
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Medication Integrity (Filtered Option): The needle is available in a specialized configuration that includes an integrated 5-micron membrane filter. This filtration system is essential for preventing the aspiration of large particulates when preparing medications drawn from ampoules, ensuring the integrity of the solution.
Is a filtered blunt fill needle option available?
Yes, the ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle is available in both standard and filtered configurations.
The filtered option is essential for ensuring enhanced medication preparation safety and purity.
- Filtration Feature: It incorporates a 5-micron membrane barrier.
- Key Benefit: This filter is specifically designed to block large particles, which are often encountered when drawing medication from ampoules, from being drawn into the syringe during preparation or reconstitution.
Both configurations maintain a gauge and length of 18g x 1½ inches and are supplied in bulk packaging of 1000 units per case.
What are the main uses of this blunt fill needle?
The ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle is specifically designed to simplify and streamline medication preparation procedures in clinical settings. This minimizes the risks associated with using traditional sharp needles for these tasks.
Its specialized functionality covers three key areas:
- Draw-up of Medication: Safely aspirating liquid medications into a syringe.
- Reconstitution of Medication: Efficiently mixing powdered drugs with a solvent.
- Accessing IV Bags: Safely injecting or extracting fluids from IV ports.
For enhanced safety, one configuration includes a 5-micron membrane filter. This essential feature ensures that large particles—especially those that may result from breaking glass ampoules—are effectively blocked from being drawn into the syringe during drug preparation.
In which healthcare settings can this needle be used?
The Jelco® Blunt Fill Needles are suitable for use in hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and other healthcare settings where medication preparation is performed.
How does the blunt fill needle enhance safety?
The ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle is designed to enhance safety and streamline critical preparation tasks in two key ways:
- Reduced Sharps Injury Risk: As a blunt tip instrument intended only for draw-up, reconstitution, and IV bag access (not injection), it significantly reduces the risk of accidental needlestick injuries for healthcare professionals.
- Optional Particulate Filtration: A specialized variant is available that includes an integrated 5-micron membrane filter. This filter effectively captures large particles, preventing them from being drawn into the syringe, especially when accessing medications from glass ampoules.
What are the gauge and length specifications of the needle?
The Jelco® Blunt Fill Needle has a gauge of 18g and a length of 1½”.
What are the primary uses for this blunt fill needle?
The ICU Medical Jelco Blunt Fill Needle is specifically designed to streamline crucial medication preparation tasks in clinical settings.
Its primary uses include:
- Medication Draw-Up: Safely aspirating liquid medications into a syringe.
- Medication Reconstitution: Efficiently mixing powdered drugs with appropriate diluents.
- IV Bag Access: Securely accessing IV fluid bags for adding or withdrawing solutions.
For enhanced safety and particle control, a variant featuring an integrated 5-micron membrane filter is available. This feature is vital when drawing medication from ampoules, as it effectively prevents large particulate matter from entering the syringe.