Numedico updates

Recently Neville Calvert MD was interviewed by The Silicon Review, the world’s most trusted online and print community for business & technology professionals. To be featured in the February issue of the global magazine, and recognised as one of the 30 Fabulous Companies of the year, Calvert talks about the Numedico journey, mission and ethos as well as what he sees as the way forward in safe medical device technology.

Every 60 minutes, of every day, six people suffer a needlestick injury somewhere in the world. Every day, 3 people die as a result of those injuries[1]. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports in the World Health Report 2002, that of the 35 million health-care workers world wide, two million experience percutaneous exposure to infectious diseases each year[2].

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Adelaide, South Australia-based Numedico Technologies, have signed a Collaboration Development Agreement (CDA). The international collaboration team will design, develop and commercialise a device for the screening and early detection of endometrial and ovarian cancers.

Health care is often a leading issue in political races across the globe, featuring strategies for controlling costs while enhancing the quality of care. A popular component of such plans is greater resourcing of preventive health measures such as cancer screening tests.

Retractable safety syringe technology results in a used needle retracting safely into the barrel, encapsulating it completely. As such it achieves a number of outcomes preventing needle reuse, encasing the sharp (the needle in its own barrel) and most importantly preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens.

Two 8 year-old boys have each received a needlestick injury from a traditional syringe thrown carelessly away after use in a purpose built children’s playground in the Western Australian rural town of Esperance and now face months of testing including screening for HIV.

Recently the issue of needlestick injury (NSI) hit the headlines in Adelaide, South Australia, when a girl of eight years was stuck by a used needle protruding from a sharps container in a service station toilet.

Recently the issue of needlestick injury (NSI) hit the headlines in Adelaide, South Australia, when a girl of eight years was stuck by a used needle protruding from a sharps container in a service station toilet.

Millions of people across the globe use sharps outside of health care facilities as a part of their daily routine. Many of these people require the use of sharps for ongoing medical conditions and others use them for recreational purposes.

Needlestick injury has hit the headlines again this week in Adelaide, with the story of a little girl pricked by a used needle protruding from a sharps container in a service station toilet. Every parent’s nightmare.