Let BD help you avoid the risk of cross-contamination between patients. By adopting the single-use BD Vacutainer® Stretch Latex-Free Tourniquet, you will reduce the danger of cross-contamination between patients and safeguard both you and your patients from latex allergens.

The BD Vacutainer® Stretch Latex-Free Tourniquet offers convenient packaging that facilitates a single-use policy.

• Perforated design allows for easy, one-at-a-time dispensing of tourniquets.
• Its compact box size fits easily on your phlebotomy tray.
• Available 25 per box/500 per case.

Why is Single-Use Safer-Use?

• Tourniquets that are re-used are frequently contaminated with blood*.
• It is impossible to disinfect reusable tourniquets*.

How will adopting a Single-Use Policy help your facility?

• Reduce the spread of nosocomial infection by tourniquets.
• Reduce the risk of cross-contamination between patients and healthcare workers*.
• Further your compliance with OSHA's "Bloodborne Pathogens Standard" 1910-1030(d)(1) "Universal precautions shall be observed to prevent contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials."

How will the BD Vacutainer® Stretch Latex-Free Tourniquet safeguard both you and your patients?

• It will eliminate latex-related allergic reactions by preventing latex exposure.
• As many as 17 million people in the U.S. (including up to 17% of healthcare workers) have a latex allergy*.
• In the past ten years, the number of people who have requested a medical-alert emblem citing a latex allergy has increased dramatically*.
• Up to 73% of children with spina bifida are allergic to latex*.

Contact your local BD distributor or BD Vacutainer Sales Consultant today and learn how to begin ordering BD Vacutainer® Stretch Latex-Free Tourniquets.

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