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BD® Blunt Filter Needles  

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BD® Blunt Fill and BD® Blunt Filter Needle How to Use Animated Video

This animated video demonstrates how-to-use BD® Blunt Fill and BD® Blunt Filter Needles

Features and Benefits
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BD® Blunt Fill Needles

  • Are designed to help reduce the risk of needlestick injuries during medication preparation due to higher skin penetration force*
  • Have no visible coring during medication draw (based on a bench study of 100 samples)1
  • Features an 18 G thin wall (TW) design with a larger inner diameter compared to an 18 G regular wall (RW) design, which may improve flow rates of viscous medications
  • Family includes  - BD® Blunt Fill Needles, the BD® Blunt Fill Needle with BD® Luer-Lok™ Tip and the BD® Blunt Fill Needle with Filter

 

 

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BD® Blunt Filter Needles

  • Are specifically designed to help reduce the risk of needlestick injuries during medication preparation*
  • Features a filter with a 5 micron membrane that is designed to prevent large particles from being drawn into the syringe when preparing medications from ampoules
  • Align to the 2024 INS Standards of Practice which recommend using a blunt filter needle when preparing medications from glass ampoules.2

 

Notes

* As compared to a BD 18-G conventional hypodermic needle

Reference

1. Haywood R, Karpf A. Eliminating unnecessary conventional sharps during medication preparation: the BD blunt fill needle [internal study].Franklin Lakes, NJ: Becton, Dickinson and Company; 2002.

2.  Infusion Nurses Society. Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice. J Infus Nurs. 2024


BD-66538 (07/25)

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