Safety for Everyone in The Room During and After the Procedure

Suture-based catheter securement and skin closure procedures expose healthcare workers to serious risks of needle stick injuries and bloodborne pathogens. The SafePath^TM Safety Suturing System has been designed to address significant unmet safety and performance needs.

Some of the benefits of this technology include:

• The user never needs to handle the needle
• Compliant with regulatory mandates for safety including the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act ¹
• Intelligent design virtually eliminates the risk of user infection by minimizing needle stick injuries ²
• Suture-based catheter securement decreases the risk of patient infection ^3,4
• Approximately 2X faster than traditional suturing ² 
• All-in-One device (suture, needle, driver, suture cutter)
• Needle guard protection technology assists in precise suture placement
• Durable securement, single-patient use, versatile, ergonomic, precise, and easy to use
• Decreases costs to the institution
• Simple peer-to-peer teaching model

Needlestick injuries result in almost $5 Billion in preventable healthcare costs every year ^5,6,7

Approximately 1 Million needlestick injuries occur each year in the United State ^5,6

1. Federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act Public law 106-430. November 6, 2000.
2. SafePath Medical Data on File.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Background Information. Strategies for Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections in Adult and Pediatric Patients. Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections [2011]
4. American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Central Venous Access, Rupp SM, Apfelbaum JL, Blitt C, Caplan RA, Connis RT, et al. Practice guidelines for central venous access: a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Central Venous Access. Anesthesiology. 2012 116. 539-553
5. US Dept of Labor. OSHA. Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens; Needlestick and Other Sharps Injuries, January 18, 2001.
6. Boden, LL. Understanding the Hospital Sharps Injury Reporting Pathway. Am J Ind Med. 2015 March, 58(3): 282-289. Doi:10.1002/ajim.22392.
7. Department of Health & Human Services. Centers for Disease Control. Workbook for Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program 2008. Pg 6.