Swabable Needle-free Injection Port Adapter (SNIPA)
High morbidity and mortality rates resulting from Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) has forced hospitals and other healthcare organisations to focus their efforts on creating infection-free environments in which to practice. Many have succeeded in implementing infection control programs, only to be thwarted by the use of a dirty tourniquet harbouring potentially dangerous pathogens. Independent clinical studies have shown that up to 25% of tourniquets are infected with MRSA after just one use.* InterVene now offers the opportunity to add that missing component to infection control regimes with the integration of a new, quick and easy-to-use, disposable tourniquet.
InterVene’s designers have worked hard to differentiate SNIPA™ from other needle-free devices on the market. Working on the principle that a ‘key part’ cannot be infected if it is not touched, SNIPA™ has been created with specifically-engineered Handling Pads in order to encourage users to position fingers on the device in such a way as to prevent contamination of the ‘key part’, the tip of the port.
Rather than designing a port from scratch, InterVene has integrated one of the world’s leading swabable, needle-free access ports, allowing us to provide a tried and tested device for the industry. The type of port we have chosen has undergone significant clinical validation and is already widely used in healthcare facilities around the world. This has allowed our design team to focus on the remainder of the device.
SNIPA™ uses clear, colour-coded differentiation bands, allowing for integration with existing protocols and enabling users to easily identify port types. A choice of adapters is available with single, dual or triple ports. The multi-port adapters employ a very neat attachment on the side of the pinch clamp which can be used to hold lines together in a neat and tidy fashion.
The end product is a range of ergonomic, clinically validated, needle-free port adapters with unique features that promote aseptic practice. The name SNIPA™ is derived from Swabable Needle-free Injection Port Adapter and is a trademark of InterVene Limited.
The design team at InterVene is in the process of developing a whole range of swabable, needle-free port adapters under the SNIPA brand.
High morbidity and mortality rates resulting from Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs) has forced hospitals and other healthcare organisations to focus their efforts on creating infection-free environments in which to practice. Many have succeeded in implementing infection control programs, only to be thwarted by the use of a dirty tourniquet harbouring potentially dangerous pathogens. Independent clinical studies have shown that up to 25% of tourniquets are infected with MRSA after just one use.* InterVene now offers the opportunity to add that missing component to infection control regimes with the integration of a new, quick and easy-to-use, disposable tourniquet.
