Compliance/Legislation

SafeSnap as a Safety Syringe:

• The Needle Stick and Prevention Act places the requirement on the health care employer to document that they have implemented safety-engineered sharp devices and needless systems. This documentation must be provided in the employer’s exposure control plan, with the goal of reducing employees’ occupational exposure to HIV, hepatitis C and other blood borne diseases. | more

SafeSnap as a Sharps Container:

• SafeSnap syringes are designed for disposal in a hazardous waste plastic red bag, thereby significantly reducing the number of sharps containers purchased and infectious waste disposal costs.

Reduction of Total Waste Volume:

• In addition, a landmark agreement, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a goal of achieving a thirty-three percent (33%) reduction in total waste volume in all hospitals by 2005 and an overall goal of achieving a fifty percent (50%) reduction by 2010. | more
• The SafeSnap syringe is the only safe needle device approved both as a safety syringe and a self-contained sharps container, thereby facilitating this reduction in total waste volume in all hospitals.