1. Content of the interventions.
| Study name | Device Commercial Names | Device Category | Safety Device type |
passive/ active |
For sale? |
| Asai 1999 active | Insyte AutoGuard intravenous cannula | Safe IV system (insertion) | button for actively retracting the needle | active | Yes |
| Asai 2002 active | Insyte Autoguard intravenous cannula | Safe IV system (insertion) | button for actively retracting the needle | active | Yes |
| Asai 2002 passive | Protective Acuvance | Safe IV system (insertion) | automated retraction of needle | passive | Yes |
| Azar‐Cavanagh 2007 | Unnamed intravenous catheter stylet | Safe IV system (insertion) | retractable protection shield | active? | ? |
| Baskin 2014 | BD Eclipse injector 3‐mL, BD preset syringe with BD Luer‐Lok tip 25G×1 | Blood collection | cannula protection shield is activated with one hand after puncture and clicks irreversibly over the cannula | active | Yes |
| Chambers 2015 hospitals | not reported | Multiple safe devices | safety engineered needles and needleless devices | passive or semi‐automatic | ? |
| Chambers 2015 long‐term nursing care | nor reported | Multiple safe devices | safety engineered needles and needleless devices | passive or semi‐automatic | ? |
| Cote 2003 | Angiocath Autoguard IV catheters | Safe IV system (insertion) | button for actively retracting the needle | active | Yes |
| Edmond 1988 | Winfield sharpsguard | Sharps container | bedside sharps container | n.a. | No |
| Gaballah 2010 | Unnamed safety dental syringes | Injection system | does not require re‐sheating or removal of the needle from its syringe | passive? | ? |
| Goldwater 1989 | Needle guard Biosafe New Zealand | Blood collection | shield on cap prevents injury while recapping | n.a. | No |
| Goris 2015 | Unnamed safety engineered passive retractable syringes | Injection system | automatically and instantly retracts the needle from the patient into the barrel of the syringe | passive | ? |
| Grimmond 2010 | Daniels sharpsmart | Sharps container | bedside sharps container | n.a. | Yes |
| L'Ecuyer 1996 2wva | 2‐way valve Safsite Braun medical | Safe IV system (insertion and needleless) | two valve system with plastic sharp that remains in the device | passive | Yes |
| L'Ecuyer 1996 mbc | Lifeshield metal blunt cannula | Safe IV system (needleless iv system) | metal blunt cannula | passive | Yes |
| L'Ecuyer 1996 pbc | Interlink PBC plastic cannula | Safe IV system (insertion and needleless) | plastic sharp covered by blunt plastic cannula | passive | Yes |
| Mendelson 1998 | 1‐valve Safsite Braun medical | Safe IV system (needleless) | valve of IV system incompatible with needle | passive | Yes |
| Phillips 2013 | safety engineered sharps | Multiple safe devices | not explained | ? | ? |
| Prunet 2008 active | Insyte Autoguard intravenous cannula | Safe IV system (insertion) | button for actively retracting the needle | active | Yes |
| Prunet 2008 passive | Introcan Safety IV system (Braun) | Safe IV system (insertion) | automatic shield on needle tip at withdrawing | passive | Yes |
| Reddy 2001 | 'safety syringes and needleless IV' | Multiple safe devices | not explained | ? | ? |
| Richard 2001 | 'sharps containers' | Sharps container | first in treatment rooms later bedside placements | ? | ? |
| Rogues 2004 | SafetyLock BD, resheathable winged steel needle | Blood collection | after pushing (two handed) needle retracts into sheath | active | Yes |
| Seiberlich 2016 | ViaValve safety I.V. catheter | Safe IV system (insertion) |
contains a valve that is designed to restrict blood flow back out of the catheter hub upon initial venipuncture | active | Yes |
| Sossai 2010 | Introcan safety IV system (Braun) | Safe IV system (insertion) | automatic shield on needle tip at withdrawing | passive | Yes |
| Valls 2007 | Eclipse BD; Saf‐T‐ E‐Z Set, BD; Surshield, Terumo; Preserts BD; Provent plus, Smiths; Genie BD; Surgilance Terumo; Blunt administration needles BD | Multiple systems | n.a. | active and passive | Yes |
| van der Molen 2011 | Eclipse BD | Injection system | after injection needle covered with shield | active | Yes |
| Whitby 2008 | VanishPoint; VanishPoint blood tube holders; BD Safety‐Lok; SmartSite needle‐free system; Smartsite Plus | Multiple systems | retractable syringes, needle‐free IV systems and safety winged butterfly needles. | passive | Yes |
| Zakrzweska 2001 | Safety Plus Septodont (Dental injections) | Injection system | Protective sheaths can be temporarily or definitely protect the needle | active | Yes |