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Timeline

Committed to Sharps Safety Longer Than Any Other Company

Chronology of BD Safety-related Products & Programs

color photo of BD Safety-Lok&153; Syringe in hand 1989
 BD pioneers safety injection with First Safety Syringe -- BD Safety-Lok™
 BD Hemogard™ Closure for BD Vacutainer™ Blood Collection Tubes
1991
 First BD Vacutainer™ Safety Flow™ Lancet
 Interlink® Needleless I.V. Access System Launched with Baxter
 EPINet™ Partnership Established with Dr. Jagger, U of VA; EPINet™ Program Launched
 BD Safety Compliance Initiative™ Launched

 BD Bard-Parker™ SafetyLock™ Surgical Blade System
 BD Vacutainer™ Plus Plastic Tube
 BD Safety-Lok™ Blood Collection Set

1992
 BD Safety-Lok™ Needle Holder
 BD Support of AMA OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Training Program
 BD Saf-T-Intima™ Integrated I.V. Catheter Safety System
 BD Saf-T E-Z Set™ Winged Infusion Sets
 Safety Cone ABG Needle Encapsulating Device

1994
 BD Vacutainer™ Safety Institute™
 Personal Best Continuing Education Program
 ANA Nursing and AIDS Book

 BD Insyte™ AutoGuard™ Shielded I.V. Catheter
 BD Launches the Safety Products Outcomes Analysis

1995
 BD funds AORN & U. of VA Study of Patterns and Prevention of Blood Exposure in OR Personnel

 BD SafetyGlide™ Shielding Hypodermic Needle
 EPINet™ Version 2.0 Launched
 BD BBL™ MGIT™ Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tubes

1996
 BD Endowment of U. of VA Professorship in Healthcare Safety
 Support of International Healthcare Workers Safety Center
 Acquisition of MedSafe Inc.
 BD SafetyCradle™ Home Care Sharps Collectors
 BD Vacutainer™ SafetyGlide™ Blood Collection Assembly
 BD Insyte™ Autoguard™ Shielded I.V. Catheter with Wings
1997 color photo of BD Quikheel™ Lancet in use
 BD Quikheel™ Safety Lancet
 BD TwinPak™ Dual Cannula Device
1998
 Safe Immunization Initiative with UNICEF/World Health Organization
 BD PosiFlow™ I.V. Access Valve

 BD Vacutainer™ Micro Hematocrit Plastic Clad Tubes
 BD Vacutainer™ Eclipse™ Blood Collection Needle
 EPINet™ for WINDOWS® Launched
 EPINet™ OR Launched
1999
 BD Posiflow™ I.V. Access System
 BD Genie™ Lancet
 BD Bactec™/F Blood Culture Procedural Tray
 HCW and BBP: Controlling Exposure (sponsored by National Home Infusion Association)

 The New BD Safety Compliance Initiative Launched
 BD Insyte™-N Autoguard™ and BD Angiocath™-N Autoguard™ Shielded IV Catheters for Small Vein Access
 BD Angiocath™ Autoguard™ Shielded IV Catheter
 BD™ Blood Transfer Device

2000
 Launch of BD SafetyGlide™ Syringes for Insulin and TB Applications
 BD Introsyte™ Autoguard™ Shielded Introducer for PICCs and Midlines
 BD Introsyte™-N Autoguard™ Shielded Introducer for Neonatal PICCs

 BD Angicath™ Autoguard™ Shielded IV Catheter
 BD Angiocath™-N Autoguard™ Shielded IV Catheter
 BD Introsyte™ Autoguard™ Shielded Intoducer
2001
 BD Intosyte-N™ Autoguard™ Shielded Intoducer
 BD Hypak™ Glass Prefillable Syringe with BD SafetyGlide™ Needle
 BD Bard-Parker™ Protected Disposable Scalpel

 BD Vacutainer® Plus Plastic Citrate Blood Collection Tube
 BD Eclipse™ Injection Needle
 BD Eclipse™ Syringe and Needle Combinations
 BD Integra™ 3ml Syringe with Retracting BD PrecisionGlide™ Needle
 BD Extra Large Sharps Collectors with Trolleys

2002
 BD SoloShot™ IX Auto-Disable Syringe
 BD BBL™ MGIT™ Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Plastic Tube
 BD Autoguard Pro™ Passive Shielded IV Catheter
 BD Autoguard-N Pro™ Passive Shielded IV Catheter

 BD Safety MST Accessory Kit
 BD Saf-T PRN™ Luer Access Site
 BD Hypak™ Glass Prefillable Syringe with BD Preventis™ Needle Shielding System for Pre-filled Syringes
 BD Bard Parker™ Protected Blade System
 BD Vacutainer® Push Button Blood Collection Set

2003
 BD Vacutainer® Urine C+S Preservative Plus Plastic Tube
 BD Integra™ 1mL Syringe with Retracting BD PrecisionGlide™ Needle for Insulin and TB
 BD Luer-Lok™ Access Device
 BD SoloShot™ LX Auto-Disable Syringe

 BD Beaver™ Xstar™ Safety Blade for Ophthalmic Surgery
 BD SafetyGlide™ Insulin Syringe - 30g and 31g

2004
 BD Vacutainer® One Use Holder
 BD Bard-Parker™ Protected Blade System

EPINet™ is a trademark of the University of Virginia.
Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
SafetyCradle™ is a registered trademark of Specialized Health Products, Inc.
Interlink® is a registered trademark of Baxter Healthcare Corporation.

 

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