INT Medical Safety Syringe

Two things can go wrong with a syringe after the injection is finished. Someone can get stuck by the needle, and the syringe can be reused on someone else. Both are avoidable by design rather than by procedure, which is the argument for a safety syringe over a conventional one plus a disposal protocol.

Needlestick injury happens in the seconds between withdrawing the needle and disposing of it. That interval is when the sharp is exposed, contaminated, and being handled by someone whose attention has moved on to the patient or the next task. Recapping is the classic moment of injury, which is why it is discouraged, but a needle that cannot be recapped still has to travel to a sharps bin. Drawing it into the barrel removes the exposure at the source, and doing so with the plunger means no extra action to remember.

Reuse is a different problem with a different geography. Where sharps supply is constrained, a syringe that still works may be used again, and bloodborne infection follows. A plunger that snaps off after retraction makes the barrel useless, which is why reuse-prevention designs are specified for large immunisation campaigns rather than left to policy. The remaining considerations are ordinary. Graduation has to be fine enough for the dose, which is why the small volumes here are marked at hundredths of a millilitre, and the barrel has to be clear enough to read against.

Needle gauge then follows the volume and the route, since a fine needle that suits a vaccine will not pass ten millilitres in a reasonable time. Medigear.uk supplies the instructions for use with every order.

Needle Retracts Into the Barrel

The sharp is enclosed before disposal, removing the exposure that occurs between withdrawal and the sharps bin.

Plunger Snaps Off After Use

The barrel cannot be refilled, protecting the next patient rather than the handler, and this is what immunisation programmes specify.

Both Functions Use the Plunger

Neither safety action requires a separate cap, sheath, or step, so a busy user can't skip anything.

0.01 mL Graduation on Small Volumes

Marking at a hundredth of a millilitre suits small doses, vaccines and paediatric administration where a tenth would be too coarse.

High Contrast Graduation on a Clear Barrel

Black markings on transparent material are readable in poor light and at an angle, which matters where the dose is checked quickly.

Matched Needles Across the Range

Each volume is supplied with a needle sized for it, from 25G at half a millilitre through to a larger bore for 10 mL.

PVC, Latex and DEHP Free

The fullest material declaration in this section of INT's catalogue, covering all three in one statement.

Consolidated Supply Through Medigear.uk

Medigear.uk quotes the range alongside INT's polycarbonate syringes, administration sets and infusion consumables on one account.

SS0052558

0.5 mL with 25G x 5/8 inch needle, graduated at 0.01 mL.

SS0102558

1.0 mL with 25G x 5/8 inch needle, graduated at 0.01 mL.

SS0302301

3.0 mL with 23G x 1.0 inch needle, graduated at 0.10 mL.

5.0 mL Reference

25G x 1.0 inch needle with 0.10 mL graduation; correct code to be confirmed.

10.0 mL Reference

1.5-inch needle with 0.20 mL graduation; code and gauge to be confirmed.

Plunger Back-Lock

Draws the needle into the barrel and holds it there.

Snap-Off Plunger

Breaks after retraction so the barrel cannot be refilled.

Integrated Needle

Fitted on the smaller volumes per the sheet footnote.

Bi-Packed Needle

Supplied alongside the syringe on other references.

High Contrast Black Graduation

Printed on a highly transparent barrel for readability.

The INT Medical Safety Syringe does two jobs in one motion, which is why it's worth having over a conventional syringe and a disposal policy. Retracting the needle into the barrel removes the exposure that causes most needlestick injuries, and snapping the plunger off makes reuse physically impossible, which protects a different person from a different risk. Fine graduation at 0.01 mL on the small volumes suits vaccine and paediatric dosing, and the material declaration is the most complete in this section. The reference table needs correcting before ordering anything against it. SS0302301 is printed against three different volumes; the coding shows it belongs only to the 3.0 mL row, and the 10 mL needle is listed at a gauge used for laboratory microinjection rather than clinical delivery. Medigear.uk will obtain a corrected table before offering this range.