daisygrip Wipe Clean Hygienic Reusable Vein Box

Product Information

As seen on the popular German TV show «Höhle der Löwen» (Shark Tank equivalent): The daisygrip tourniquet! One outpatient clinic used alternately a conventional (CT) or silicone tourniquet (ST) for 1 day (five times). To receive an impression of bacterial contamination under controlled conditions guidelines were given for cleaning tourniquets with disinfectant wipes - either never (1) or each time (2) after blood sampling. Second trial

WHO. WHO, Prevention of hospital-acquired infections - A practical guide. In: W.H. Organization. 2nd ed; 2002. World Heal Organ 2012.The second trial included four facilities and should reflect the procedure in routine practice more than in the first trial. In routine, there are no strict guidelines for reprocessing as in the first trial. Further, there is no recommendation for cleaning conventional tourniquets with disinfectant wipes. In addition, the fabric turned wet after wiping – a condition that could be perceived as uncomfortable for the patient when re-used immediately. Thus, we provided tourniquets together with the manufacturers’ instructions only to avoid biasing the staff towards one particular method of reprocessing.

A substantial reduction in the number of single use tourniquets used 1 e.g., in a 6-month period of the trial, in one department, Phlebotomy services alone have used 6,375 fewer single use tourniquets, producing 127kg less plastic waste A variety of samples were reviewed and following lengthy discussions, it was agreed the Daisygrip reusable tourniquet should be trialled within high usage areas. Kalyani CS, Koripella R, Valli SN. Isolation of potentially pathogenic Bacteria from reusable Venesection tourniquets in a tertiary care hospital. Int J Curr Microbiol Appl Sci. 2016;5:153–7. Brand Loyalty– Departments had been using the same brand of single use tourniquets for several years; ensuring the benefits were communicated, was a critical success factor in getting the trials initiated. A reduction in plastic waste of three-quarters of a metric tonne 2 (attributable to the reduction of single use tourniquets) which equates to 2.3 tonnes CO 2e.

Application

The revolution for routine blood collection and intravenous access - the daisygrip one-handed tourniquet enables the highest hygienic standards and combines them with intuitive handling and innovative design. Product details To obtain clinical routine data without any guidelines, one ward (I) and three outpatient clinics (II, III and IV) participated in the study for five (I, III and IV) or nine (II) random days. They used a new CT and ST each day in parallel. In a few cases, they used only one tourniquet per day. In a questionnaire, the staff documented number of patients, number of personnel worked with the tourniquets, number of disinfection events, disinfection method and unexpected events or peculiarities. Tourniquets Cost Savings: Traditional disposable tourniquets not only generate significant waste but also increase the risk of infections, leading to higher overall costs compared to the efficient and reusable Daisygrip.