PROTECT YOUR PATIENTS WITH PATIENT SAFE® SYRINGES Catheter-associated bloodstream infections reported from hospitals across the United States have increased since the introduction of needleless devices.1 According to the CDC, an estimated 250,000 catheter-related bloodstream infections occur in US hospitals each year.2 Catheter-related infections cost the US healthcare system $25,000 per episode.2 Patient Safe® Syringe VanishPoint® Blood Collection Set VanishPoint® Blood Collection Tube Holder Patient Safe® Syringe As many as 28,000 patients die each year in the US because of catheter-related bloodstream infections.3 SYRINGES DESIGNED TO PROTECT PATIENTS 1 W. Jarvis, et al., "Blue Ribbon Abstract Award: Increased Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection Rates Temporally Associated with Changing from a Split-Septum to a Leur-Access Mechanical Valve Needleless Device: A Nationwide Outbreak?" American Journal of Infection Control, vol. 33, issue 5 (June 2005), pp. e14-e15. 2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections. MMWR 2002;51(No.RR-10), p. 2. 3 "Simple Intervention Nearly Eliminates Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections," Press release issued by Johns Hopkins Medicine on November 30, 2004. Available online at http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_ releases/2004/11_30_04.html. VanishPoint® Syringe RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC www.retractable.com 0086 © 2008, 2016 Retractable Technologies, Inc. AH rights reserved M014 REV.7 EN, AUG 2016 511 Lobo Lane Little Elm, Texas 75068-5295 USA Tel: (972) 294-1770 Fax: (972) 294-4400 Toll Free: 1-888-703-1010 [email protected] Dvtient Safe® syringe

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