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BD Insyte™ Autoguard™ shielded IV catheter

Advanced safety at the push of a button

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Features and Benefits
Enhanced Safety

BD push-button needle shielding technology is demonstrated to reduce needlestick injuries by 95%.1*

First-Stick Success

BD Instaflash™ needle technology on 20-24 G products may improve first-stick success and reduce painful hit-and-miss insertions.

Reduced complications

BD Vialon™ biomaterial softens up to 70% in the vein, enabling longer dwell times2† and reducing the chance of mechanical phlebitis by up to 50%.2†

Insertion success in sight

BD Instaflash™ needle technology incorporates a notched needle, which clinically demonstrated improved first-attempt insertion success, reducing painful hit-and-miss insertions.3

 

Reduces the risk of phlebitis

Proprietary BD Vialon™ biomaterial softens up to 70% in the vein2†, enabling longer dwell times and reducing the chance of mechanical phlebitis by up to 50%.2†

 

Variety of configurations to meet your preference.

The BD Insyte™ Autoguard™ catheters come with or without wings depending on your preference.

 

Helps control during insertion

Provides safe handling of a withdrawn needle without reducing its ease of insertion.4

 

Care for the caregiver

Push-button shielding technology with fully encapsulated needle have shown to reduce needlestick injuries by 95% without reducing its ease of insertion.1

 

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BD Insyte™ Autoguard™ Family instructional video

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Notes

* Compared to a nonsafety IV catheter

† Compared to a fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP) catheter

References
  1. Mendelson MH, Lin-Chen BY, Finkelstein-Blond L, et al. Evaluation of a safety IV catheter (IVC) (Becton Dickinson, Insyte Autoguard): final report (abstract). Presented at: Eleventh Annual Scientific Meeting Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; 2001.
  2. Maki DG, Ringer M. Risk factors for infusion-related phlebitis with small peripheral venous catheters. Ann Intern Med. 1991;114:845-854.
  3. Van Loon FHJ, Timmerman R, den Brok GPH, Korsten EHM, Dierick-van Daele ATM, Bouwman ARA. The impact of a notched peripheral intravenous catheter on the first attempt success rate in hospitalized adults: block-randomized trial. JVA. DOI: 10.1177/1129729821990217.
  4. Asai T, Matsumoto 5, Matsumoto H, Yamamoto K, Shingu K. Prevention of needle-stick injury. Efficacy of a safeguarded intravenous cannula. Anaesthesia. 1999 Mar;Se(3):258-61.

BD-37378 (09/2021)

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