SURGICAL/CRITICAL CARE to develop a safety blade called the KLEEN


Blade Management System that maintains the weight and feel of a traditional blade and scalpel.” The CDC estimates that annually there are 385,000 needlesticks and other sharps- related injuries to healthcare personnel.1 These injuries have been implicated in the transmission of more than 20 pathogens, including hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C irus HC and human immunodefi cienc virus (HIV).


Fear of Needles


There cannot be many people out there who actually like the idea of getting stuck with a needle. In fact, many fear it, despite the benefi ts of why we are being inected. In response, companies such as Pain Care Labs have developed their products with a focus on lessening this stigma; relatedly, they have regularly run campaigns on site to highlight their focus on reduced pain. According to Amy Baxter, MD, CEO and Chief Medical Officer at Pain Care Labs, “we have had several hospital systems come to us to find ways to reduce the anxiety sur- rounding the injection as a Amy Baxter


means of reducing NSI (needle stick injury). Children’s


Healthcare of Philadelphia brought us in to train staff on reducing anxiety of older children about vaccines, to reduce injury by addressing their unpredictability when frightened.


In regard to the direction the industry


appears to be heading, Baxter states that, “IV access, and using techniques to reduce the need to re-stick will be helpful. For mass vaccination, needle-less injectors are certainly a huge direction in the fi eld. In the past, the gas-propelled injectant hurt more, so the enthusiasm died down. Now pain is equivocal or better with some of the devices, and the convenience and safety of not hav- ing a needle to discard is moving groups to these interventions. Interestingly, since needle fear comes from the emotional recall of a previous injection experience, being approached with a device for a shot results in as much fear with or without a needle.” Baxter describes how Pain Care Labs products specialize in reducing that all too common fear which is associated with sharps and needles.


“Our devices reduce fear and pain using a


specifi c pain-cancelling ibration freuency and ice. The Buzzy and Buzzy Pro are the size of a computer mouse, and can be placed


The Buzzy Pro from PainCareLabs


directly on a muscle, port site, or fi stula to numb the area. Because our devices are a fraction of the cost of numbing creams and work on contact, they have been really adopted as emergency departments and labs have had to spend their budget on PPE during the pandemic. In one study, Buzzy saved $13 per point of pain reduction com- pared to EMLA.


For vaccines, the shape of Buzzy allows patients to hold and control the pain relief about 1-2 inches distant from the injection site. When you don’t feel a poke, you’re less likely to jerk away. Buzzy Pro and our HealthcareXL are attached proximal to the site of injection, so patients can be


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