Table 1.

Available safe and unsafe venipuncture cannulae, injection needles, portacath needles, and lancets between 2008 and 2012 at the University Hospital Rostock

Instrument	Manufacturer (and model)
	Unsafe	Safe
Lancet	Braun (“Solofix Blutlanzetten”)	Owen Mumford (“Unilet”) Sarstedt (“Safety-Lanzette”)
Injection needle	Becton Dickinson (“Normkanüle/Microlance”) Sarstedt (“Multifly-Kanüle”)	Becton Dickinson (“Eclipse-Kanüle”) Braun (“Hypodermic Needle-Pro”)
Portacath needle	Smiths Medical Ltd. (“Portnadel Gripper”)	Smiths Medical Ltd. (“Gripper Plus Safety”)
Venipuncture cannulae	Braun (“Vasofix”) Becton Dickenson (“Venflon Pro”)	Braun (“Vasofix safety”)