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Designed for use of diverse needle types.
Our machine are designed for use with various types of needle.
Our unique fusing system can efficiently process 18G-27G type needles.

6 out of 10 nurses are concerned about potential infection from used syringe needles.

Although official data is not available in Japan, needle-stick injures in the United States have numbered from 800,000~1,000,000 cases. From the previously collected data in Japan, including hospitals, clinics and dental offices, only 174 hospitals among 150,000 health care facilities have officially been reported. As the above offices report indicated, 3,867 cases of needle-stick injures have been identified, among which 3,386 (90%) were related to virus infection.

* Actual cases may total to approximately 400,000 - 500,000 in Japan, from our estimation.

TYPES AND EXAMPLES OF INFECTIOUS WASTE

Health care institutions must properly dispose of the medical; waste resulting from their practices under its initiative. (Article 3; Waste Disposal Law)

INFORMATION ON NEEDLESTICKS INJURIES

REPORT ON THE SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE REGARDING NEEDLESTICK ACCIDENTS

72% of respondents worked at private hospitals, followed by 12% at public hospitals. The ratio of private VS national hospitals is 83% to 17% respectively.

Prevention of needle stick incidents is not only the hospital’s concern but has to do with the well being of our community

1. Cheak the patient’s hepatitis B e antigen (HbeAg) or hepatitis B e antibody (HbeAb)

2. Cheak the injured person’s HB s antigen or HB s antibody

Provide the second time of HB Vaccine after one month and the third after three months.  We recommend patients to take hepatic function test at least for the duration of 6 months.  

Other remarks

Hepatitis B can be effectively prevented by taking HB vaccine in advance.  

HCV (hepatitis virus)
HCV differs from HBV in that preventive method for passive or active immunization is not available.  However, amount of HCV in the blood is generally considered less than that of HBV.  Regardless of whether the cause is from a needlestick injury, acute hepatitis C can easily lead to a chronic one.

 Immediate measures
Wash the wounded are with cleaned running water and extract the blood from the needle-stick area.  This is an essential procedure and be sure to inform he doctor/nurse’s colleague or relatives about this.

Q) Is it necessary to provide interferon right way?

A) No. Interferon is not a virus neutralizing antibody.  Delivering interferon immediately after needle-stick injury seems less effective for preventing hepatitis.  It also has side effects. (it works well, in case of acute hepatitis C)

Treatment at initial stage

Check the injured (such as doctors, and nurses) patient’s HCV antibody.  Check the patient’s (who is under general hepatic function test) level of HCV antibody.

Has the RNA examination for virus infection been conducted?

HCV Ab positive patients include those who did not become a carrier (as with those with past infections), despite having acute hepatitis C.  This can be determined by the strength level of HVC Ab (high; 2x10 - 12 or 13, low; 2x10 - 7).  Patients may have  past infection if the level id low.  It depends on the PCR method delivered on a patient to identify RNA virus.

Follow up treatment
Patient  should receive HCV Ab level examination and hepatic function test once a month for at least 6 months.  These tests are prerequisite.  Further treatment will be determined according to the terms of their’ accident compensation policy.  

Other remarks
Decision to use interferon should be made after the diagnosis of symptom of hepatitis.  Some medical insurance do not cover the delivering of interferon for acute hepatitis C caused by needlestick injury.  But plans under workers’ accident compensation grant such case.  It is therefore advise to prepare a report of accident to apply for official approval.  Again, there are never second without a third time, thus be sure to handle the equipment with care!

Q) Is the device heavy?

A) It weighs 5 kg.  This enhance stability of operation on various places such tables or wagons, and easy of one hand operated

Q) What is noise level when equipment is operating?

A) There are two type of sound.  One comes from the turning on of electrode  which fuses the needlepoint.  The sound goes off when the device is ready to operate.  The other sound comes from the operation of a pump for removing the odor that produces from melting blood particles or needles.  The pump is active while the power is on

Q) How long will the deodorant effect last?

A) A special active carbon is implanted inside the rear wall of the dust box.  With 23G needles, it can efficiently treat 2000 syringes.

Q) Could you name the applicable types of syringe needle?

A) Generally, needles for collar syringe are shorter than 38 mm, 27G-18G, vacuum blood sampling needles, threaded type, lock type are adjusted to the part contacted by a patient since (needles longer than the strokes of the float can not be processed by the E-70.) bsp;

Q) Will the fusing process take time?

A) No, it only takes 2, 3 seconds.  Insert the used syringe needle into the slot.  Push the plate until the float reaches the bottom and remove when the process is completed.

Q) Why do we keep the needle point on the syringe during the process?

A) It prevents the residue of blood and chemical left in the syringe from spilling out.  It is also designed to prevent the resinous part at the base from getting burnt.

Q) How do we dispose the syringe and the process needles?

A) Disposal standards and procedures vary depending on governments and hospitals policies. Presently in Japan, the syringe treated by E-70 is acceptable to be discarded together in a trash basket as infectious medical waste.As for vacuum blood sampling needles, both needles will be treated in the same method, fusing the ends of the needle contacted with the patient while leaving the opposite ends intact, therefore the disposal can be handled in the same manner as it has been.  It will save the volume of the waste container by 15-20%

Q) How long will it take to recharge the battery?

A) For normal recharge, approximately 7 hours.  The indicator lamp on the device will light to inform of completion.  It can also be operated with the AC power connected. (12 hours is needed for full recharge, when left for a long time).  

Q) How many needles can be treated maximum with full charged?

A) If 23G needles, approximately 400 units  

Q) What is the capacity of the dust box?

A) It can be filled up to the red line with silver foil marked inside the box which is estimated to hold 2000 units of 23G syringes.

Q) How do you dispose of the dust box?

A) When the box becomes full, close the lid, remove the box and dispose in the designated container for infectious medical waste.  Do not touch the needle scraps as it may be hazardous.  Before disposal, push the piston thoroughly to ensure that there are no blood remains in the syringe. *Residue inside and the needle itself will be processed at 1200^oC

Q) What is the cracking noise while the device is in operation?

A) This is the sound from the needle hitting the electrode during the fusing at 1200^oC The high voltage spark does not emit electromagnetic wave.  This product meets the -B standard approved by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

Q) Is there any other security system?

A) The power will not be turned on unless the dust box is properly placed on the tray or the tray is tightly closed.  To further ensure the safety, when there is an excessive load to the system, the power will automatically shut off.  In addition, the float on the insert slot is designed to sink down during the process to prevent  injury by the sparks even if there are any caused.

Q) What is the expected Duration of use of the devices?

A) Either 5 years or 300,000 units of 23G (1inch) needles

Q) Isn’t the process a little burdensome for some people?

A) It is true that healthcare personnel will have to handle an extra process of having to sort out needle points at an already busy hours at hospitals, no matter how efficient the device may be allowing the process to be carried out speedily and single-handed.  However, if the process of separating needles from syringes is an unavoidable process being carried out in most medical facilities, using E-70 may be considered to replace this situations, as it helps the disposal of the remaining syringes as a whole once the needles are treated, hence no causing extra workload.

There is every risk of sharps injury if handled carelesslyas long as needle points are remaining It could be you….. those of you who occasionally carry the waste to the disposal container, or those of you work in the industrial waste disposal business.

No excuse is acceptable for illegal waste dumpingBut media never stop reporting on the news of piles of waste found at beaches and mountains. Can you imagine the consequence of leaving an untreated needle point at such sites?

We recommend our product, SYRINGE NEEDLE SAFETY DEVICE E-70 with a sincere hope that such cases  of sharps injury will significantly be reduced and SNSD E-70 will help decrease a number of infected patients.

Caution!

Please car Caution carefully read the instruction manual before use.

Warning!

Do not place the device in an unstable location.

Softic Japan Co., Ltd. Developed environmental devices by self idea and technology, E-70, used injection needles melting device is the product considering environment and is contributed to the whole society.Softic Japan Co., Ltd.

Started the business July 2000 as a venture company concerning environmental goods. Under the corporate concept of clean environment existing human race together with nature, ultra thermal electrolysis dissolution system of E-GOS II which dissolve the infection waste disposals, combustion system, such as muffler for diesel engine on basis of ultra thermal electrolysis dissolution system which makers clean exhaust gas and small sized incinerator if diaper which sterilization, by ultra thermo have been developed the market by self idea and technology.

Injection, there are so many needle stick incident when nurses dispose the used injection needles. The development of this device is to be good news for medical workers who feel the danger of infection.

Ministry of the environmental affairs recently decided that the used surgical knives and injection needles from medical organization are added to the waste disposals.

Used injection needles are being designated to the infection disposals, but it is fact that these disposals are wasted as normal dist.

The correspondence of ministry of the environmental affairs is aiming to protect infection incident and illegal abandonment so that the standard of disposals is established.

E-70 was developed for the purpose of disposing easily used injection needles for nurses.

It is not for sale to the medical organization by unit but to sale to the individual nurse one by one. Under this understanding, E-70 was planned and developed, This product is handy type of which weight is 5.5 Kgs in order for nurses to use easily. The supply power is battery and it takes a few seconds to melt needles (23G linch) after inserting to the hole of device. Needles are inserted between plus and minus and are melted to short at 1200 ⁰C.

There are no similar goods in Japan. Four rollers are equipped with double phase inside of the products. When the needle is inserted, switch is automatically on and rollers are revolving and rolling up needles.

Upper roller is a terminal point and is shorted upon inserting needles to scrap power. Usually, the repeat of short makers burnt of roller and remains durability problem. Softic Japan Co., Ltd. Solved these problems as follows:

18G to 27G of injection needles could be carried to anywhere in accordance with nurse’s working.  In case of using it by handy, it is not necessary to pay attention subject to charging before use. 

It takes 24 hours to charge the battery at first use and it can be used for charging during nighttime from second use. 

About 400 injection needles can be disposed by one charge.  It is necessary to charge when green lamp is off.  In case of using by fixed, it will be no problem to supply power by using adapter. 

The device cannot be used without inserting dust box which collect needles scrap and is also safety planned to remain a few mm of needles in order not to melt plastic part of syringe.

The method of melting needles is very simple but this is not easily imitated. Almost inside parts are made by self specification except switch and motor.

The mold costs one hundred million yen and frame of device is made of aluminum die cast in order to comply with U.S. standard.

The sales price (retail price) is being fixed at 148,000 per unit and president of Mr.Ito assure that it would not meet the cost if similar product can be manufactured.

E-70 was delivered to 61 of ministries of the foreign affairs in the world through the ministry of foreign affairs of Japan and there has been no trouble of the device up to now.

So many devices have been delivered to domestic medical users and the opinion that we cannot dispose used injection needles without E-70 is brought to the company.

E-70 was developed by Oki Data Corp. for market in America.

When president of Mr.Ito was engaged in Oki Electric Co.,Ltd., E-70 was requested to develop by U.S. powerful company and it was finally developed as a new business.

As medical infection goes directly to legal action, and amount of indemnification for injuries is increasing. In order to avoid these situation, insurance companies request to execute the policy for medical users to use this device subject to covering insurance and to develop this device.

However, Oki Electric decided to withdraw no profit business and to give up this line of products such E-70 after that. President of Mr.Ito who resigned Oki Electric succeeded to this business, such as the right of manufacturing and sales of E-70. Softic Japan Co., Ltd. is now entrusting Oki Erforg who is the subsidiary company of Oki Electric with the manufacturing of E-70.

Softic Japan Co., Ltd. started to sale E-70 on a full scale from this spring. They received a quantity order of 450,000 units of E-70 from U.S. leading company, NSI with whom Oki Electric stopped to negotiate about the business of E-70. NSI will provide this device to medical users in America, Canada and Mexico.

It is also decided to deliver 10,000 units of E-70 to medical users in China because of the problem of SARS. They are receiving so many inquiries from Taiwan, Korea and other countries in Asia.