A comparison between two intermittent intravenous systems without needles.

Needle-stick injury remains the most dangerous exposure to blood and body fluids. Needleless intermittent intravenous devices are available to assist the health care professional in avoiding the risk of needle-stick injury. The i.v. team at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York designed a method to evaluate and compare different needleless systems. In this article, the method followed and results obtained in this study are discussed.