Tourniquet 1" x 18" Rolled Blue Latex-Free 100/Case

Specifications

• Non-latex tourniquets
• Convenient dispenser box
• Individually rolled and banded
• Packaging designed for kit assembly
• Color: Blue (Special Order in Orange)
• Size: 1" x 18"
• Manufactured By: Medline Industries
• Compact box size fits easily on your phlebotomy tray
• Designed for kit assembly

If you are currently re-using tourniquets, you may want to reconsider...

Single-use disposable tourniquets help you avoid the risk of cross-contamination between patients. By adopting single-use Latex-Free Tourniquets, you will reduce the danger of cross-contamination between patients and safeguard both you and your patients from latex allergens.

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 Latex-Free disposable Tourniquets safeguard both you and your patients?

• It will eliminate latex-related allergic reactions by preventing latex exposure.
• An estimated 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.
• Estimates from up to 73% of children with spina bifida are allergic to latex.