Ribbel International Limited

Daryaganj, Delhi

SAFE-LOK safety scalpels designed to provide utmost safety to health care provides from sharp edge related injuries. Its is compliant with the US OSHA and European Directive on prevention od sharp Injuries. Ribbel ergonomic safety scalpels comes with Sharp stainless steel blades in various sizes for the highest quality performance.

SAFE-LOK safety scalpels designed to provide utmost safety to health care provides from sharp edge related injuries. Its is compliant with the US OSHA and European Directive on prevention od sharp Injuries. Ribbel ergonomic safety scalpels comes with Sharp stainless steel blades in various sizes for the highest quality performance.

Engineering Controlsmeans controls (e.g., sharps disposal containers, self-sheathing needles, safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems) that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from the workplace.

Sharps with Engineered Sharps Injury Protectionsmeans a nonneedle sharp or a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids, with a built-in safety feature or mechanism that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident.

Work Practice Controls means controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed (e.g., prohibiting recapping of needles by a two-handed technique). Or as the Europeans define it- Safe Systems of Work - specifying and implementing safe procedures for using and disposing of sharp medical instruments and contaminated waste. These procedures shall be regularly reassessed and shall form an integral part of the measures for the information and training of workers. Since 2001 the revised OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen includes Sharps with engineered sharps Injury protections as part of Engineering Controls, but it is important to know the difference in order to design an optimum Sharps Injury Prevention programme and to identify the risks, and therefore the opportunities, for sharps injury prevention. This is especially true from a European standpoint where the distinctions are not as clearly made.

Examples of Engineering Controls relating to prevention of scalpel blade injuries would include the use of sharps disposal containers ( yes, scalpels with engineered sharps injury protections should also be disposed off in sharps disposal container) and the use of ultrasonic cleaners for cleaning reusable scalpel handles. Examples of Sharps with Engineered Sharps Injury Protections are Round-tip scalpel blades, reusable scalpel handles that allow touch-free removal of blade as well as disposable scalpels with retractable blades or protective guards.

Examples of Work Practice Controls/Safe Systems of Work would be- not recapping the plastic guard of a disposable scalpel or storing or reprocessing reusable scalpel handles in a manner that does not require the employee to reach by hand into containers. Studies have shown that no-hands-pass work practice control procedure incorporating the use of a passing tray or neutral zone have been very effective in reducing sharps injuires. A combination of the three, Engineering Controls, Sharps with Engineered Sharps Injury and Work Practice Controls/Safe Systems of Work combined with Training, will provide the maximum protection against the risk of scalpel blade

injuries that can occur during the process of fitting or removing contaminated blades from handles (as in case of using blades by fitting on reusable handles) since there arises no such possibility, as these are meant for "Use and ThrowFor Single Use only.

Can be used a part of the "Ward Kit". Small plastic handles, supplied non-sterile, fitted with blade numbers 10, 11, &15. Protected with a polythene blade guard. Bulk packed 100 pieces in a box.

injuries that can occur during the process of fitting or removing contaminated blades from handles (as in case of using blades by fitting on reusable handles) since there arises no such possibility, as these are meant for "Use and ThrowFor Single Use only".Occupational illness arising from cross infection (particularly of Highly Infectious and Life Threatening Diseases such as HivAids, Hepatitis B, C) caused through injuries sustained during the removal of blades from handles.While carrying out a surgery with Disposable Scalpel(s), a Surgeon can have an approximate measurement of the cut made by himher, with the help of graduated scale of the handle during or after the completion of the Surgery. Since they are meant for one time use, the sterility of a freshly opened disposable scalpel is assured unlike in the care of re-usable handles. After use the Disposable Scalpels having the contaminated blades well covered with Protective Caps Guards can be safely disposed in the Operation TheaterRoom Disposal Container as there is no possibility of any risk involved due to puncture caused by the Sharp Blades.

injuries that can occur during the process of fitting or removing contaminated blades from handles (as in case of using blades by fitting on reusable handles) since there arises no such possibility, as these are meant fFor Single Use onlyor, Occupational illness arising from cross infection (particularly of Highly Infectious and Life Threatening Diseases such as HivAids, Hepatitis B, C) caused through injuries sustained during the removal of blades from handles, While carrying out a surgery with Disposable Scalpel(s), a Surgeon can have an approximate measurement of the cut made by himher, with the help of graduated scale of the handle during or after the completion of the Surgery.

Can be used a part of the "Ward Kit". Small plastic handles, supplied non-sterile, fitted with blade numbers 10, 11, &15. Protected with a polythene blade guard. Bulk packed 100 pieces in a box.