AN INNOVATIVE SAFETY NEEDLE WITH FULLY PASSIVE MECHANISM, RECEIVED FDA CLEARANCE
03.02.23
MTD Group – a global leader in medical devices– today announced the FDA clearance obtained by its affiliate Pikdare S.p.A. for DropSafeTM SicuraTM passive safety needle for the intramuscular and subcutaneous injection of vaccines and other drugs. Safety needles are widely used by healthcare professionals (HCPs) to avoid the risk of needlestick injuries (NSIs) when injecting drugs to patients. Despite broad introduction of safety regulations over the last decades, it is estimated that more than 2 million NSIs still occur each year.1 “Moving towards safer medical device technology –and especially evolving sharps with injury prevention features to a more passive…more