While most healthcare providers would gladly implement any measure that would improve employee safety and reduce risk of injury and infection, current budgetary constraints put safety at odds with fiscal responsibility. The Sharps Terminator was created to eliminate this conflict and provide a safer workplace at a lower price. Implementation of Sharps Terminator technology as part of your current sharps safety program will result in noticeable cost savings the first year and each thereafter.
SAVINGS DEFINED
The typical healthcare facility profit & loss statement will evidence numerous costs related to operating its sharps safety program and dealing with the failures of that program. Implementation of Sharps Terminator technology will reduce many of these costs both short and long term:
Sharps Container Disposal (Pictured left)
- A typical filled sharps container will consist mostly (60 – 90%) of the plastic syringe bodies and butterfly needle tubes that are attached to the actual “sharp end”. The Sharps Terminator eliminates the sharp end and allows for the disposal of plastics in the much cheaper “red bag” disposal channel. The cost differential between sharps box disposal and red bag disposal of plastics will accrue immediately and be ongoing across the life of the device.
Eliminates Safety Needle usage
- Safety needles cost, on average, 3X the cost of simple traditional syringes. The one-handed destruction of the needle by the Sharps Terminator® at the point of procedure obviates the need for safety needles. Current users of safety needles can switch to Sharps Terminator technology and lower costs immediately while optimizing worker safety.
Reduces testing for needle stick victims
- There are over 800,000 cases of documented needle stick injuries to healthcare workers in the US each year. The required testing for infectious disease for needle stick victims typically costs a healthcare provider $500 - $3000 per instance. Immediate destruction of the needle at the point of procedure will reduce needle sticks and the resulting costs of infectious disease testing for victims.