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If it’s going into your patient’s body, quality matters

Every time you flush a patient’s line,
you’re injecting saline directly into their bloodstream

Have you carefully considered the quality of your prefilled flush syringe?

 

Not all prefilled flush syringes are created equal

Quality defects and bacterial contamination in prefilled flush syringes have seriously harmed patients1,2,3:

Catheter-related
infections4

Spinal meningitis4

Permanent
brain damage4

11 deaths, including a 2-year-old child4

With BD PosiFlush™ Prefilled Flush Syringes,

you can be confident in the quality of every flush, every time.

Because each BD PosiFlush™ Syringe is

created with three criteria:

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

If it’s going into your patient’s body,

SAFETY

matters

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

Touch-free manufacturing5

ensuring the first person to touch the syringe is the clinician

CE-certified Class-III Medical Device

meeting a higher level of scrutiny and broader breadth of assessments than Class IIa and IIb CE devices6,7

Rigorous multi-step inspection process

to meet the highest quality standards and safety for our customers and patients 

All steps controlled

in the manufacturing process, enabling us to manage the quality process end-to-end

BD PosiFlush™ Prefilled Flush Syringe –

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

If it’s going into your patient’s body,

EXPERIENCE

matters

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

20+ years

in the market as a partner, 
supporting the needs of 
patients globally

18 billion+ syringes

produced and sold to date –
more than any other 
prefilled flush brand

13,000+ customers

around the world 
use and trust 
BD PosiFlush™ Prefilled Flush Syringes

BD PosiFlush™ Prefilled Flush Syringe –

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

If it’s going into your patient’s body,

RELIABILITY

matters

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

>25% production increase
(2020-2022)

delivering for our customers when market changes necessitated additional support

3-year shelf life*

enabling facilities to plan ahead and manage inventory

 

*For BD PosiFlushTM SP and BD PosiFlushTM XS

6 health organizations’

best practice flushing guidelines met:INS, RNC, NICE, epic 3, INICC, ISMP8–14

Meeting our customers’ needs by ensuring responsive and timely delivery,

supported by 3 manufacturing plants and our global network of distribution centres

ISO-compliant

with relevant standards for quality assurance15 and environmental best practices16

20+ published clinical studies

more than any other product in the
prefilled flush category

BD PosiFlush™ Prefilled Flush Syringe –

Be positive it’s BD PosiFlush™

Learn more about how you can help ensure delivery of safety, experience and reliability

* INS: Infusion Nurses Society; RCN: Royal College of Nursing; NICE: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; INICC: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium;NHS: National Health Service; ISMP: Institute for Safe Medication Practice. ^Posiflush SP Production; ^^Based on a Pubmed literature search of key saline flush competitors as of July 2023.

References:

  1. Jewett C, Nguyen D. Timeline: How Contaminated Syringes Got From Factory to Patients. ProPublica. June 6, 2009. Accessed on May 2, 2023, at https://www.propublica.org/article/timeline-am2pat.
  2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Cardinal Health Recalls Monoject Saline Flush Prefilled Syringes for Risk of Air Re-entering Syringe Leading to Air Embolism. Accessed on May 2, 2023, at https://www.fda.gov/ medicaldevices/medical-device-recalls/cardinal-health-recalls-monoject-saline-flush-prefilled-syringes-risk-air-re-entering-syringe.
  3. Hudson MJ, Park SC, Mathers A, et al. Outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis Infections Associated with Contaminated Nonsterile, Multiuse Ultrasound Gel - 10 States, May-September 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022;71(48):1517-1521. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7148a3
  4. Massoomi F, Arruda J. A Closer Look at Prefilled Flush Syringe Safety. Pharmacy Practice News. February 15, 2018. Accessed on May 19, 2023, at ttps://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Clinical/Article/02-18/A-Closer- Lookat-Prefilled-Flush-Syringe-Safety/46801?sub=C63733F385E1FD4090EBC251E2F1174E9B162D4541C3E518622EA66D7AFC67F&enl=true%3Fses%3Dogst.
  5. Brown K, Graf LM, Guyader MJ, et al. Technical Report No. 48 Moist Heat Sterilizer Systems: Design, Commissioning, Operation, Qualification and Maintenance. Bethesda, Maryland, United States: Parenteral Drug Association; 2010.
  6. European Commission. Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG). MDCG 2019-9 Summary of safety and clinical performance - A guide for manufacturers and notified bodies. Accessed on August 16, 2021, at https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/37323.
  7. The Official Journal of the European Union. Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices. Accessed on August 16, 2021, at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/ legalcontent/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0745&from=EN.
  8. Gorski LA, Hadaway L, Hagle ME, et al. Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 8th Edition. J Infus Nurs. 2021;a (1S,1):S1-S224. doi: 10.1097/NAN.0000000000000396 Denton A, Bodenham A, Conquest A, et al. Royal College of Nursing. Standards for Infusion Therapy, 4th Edition. https://www.rcn.org.uk/-/media/royal-college-of-nursing/documents/publications/obselete/005704.pdf?la=en. PublishedDecember 12, 2016. Accessed June 2, 2021.
  9. Loveday HP, Wilson JA, Pratt RJ, et al. epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England. J Hosp Infect. 2014;86(1):S1-S70. doi: 10.1016/S0195- 6701(13)60012-2
  10. The International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). 2016 Bundle of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) to Prevent Central and Peripheral Line-Related Bloodstream Infections. Accessed on October 20, 2020 at http://www.inicc.org/media/docs/2016-11-10-INICCRecommendationstopreventBSI-English.pdf
  11. National Health Service (NHS) National Patient Safety Agency. 2018 NPSA Alert - Promoting safer use of injectable medicines (NPSA 20). Accessed on October 4, 2019 at https://www.sps.nhs.uk/articles/npsa-alertpromoting- safer-use- ofinjectionmedicinesnpsa-20-2007/.
  12. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). 2015 ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications. Accessed on October 20,2020 at http://www.ismp.org/sites/default/files/attachments/2017-11/ISMP97- Guidelines-071415-3.%20FINAL.pdf.
  13. The Joint Commission. National Patient Safety Goals Effective July 2020 for the Hospital Program. The Joint Commission. http://www.jointcommission.org/-/media/tjc/documents/standards/national-patientsafetygoals/ 2020/npsg_chapter_hap_jul2020.pdf. Published March 26, 2020. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  14. International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 13485 standard on Medical devices – Quality management systems – Requirements for regulatory purposes.
  15. International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14001 standard on Medical devices – Environmental best practices – Requirements for regulatory purposes

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