Products for Hazard: DEHP

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Category Blood Bags Product & Manufacturer Comments Baxter Blood Bags   Baxter Healthcare Corporation Fenwal Division 800-766-1077 http://www.baxter.com   Polyolefin bags for platelets, platelet rich plasma and fresh frozen plasma   Non-DEHP PVC bags for packed red blood cells. (This product line offers no alternative to PVC bags at this time)   The SHP thanks Health Care Without Harm for identifying these products

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Category Catheters Product & Manufacturer Comments Arrow International NeoCareŽ Pediatric Products   Arrow International - NeoCare Division 800-523-8446 http://www.neocare.com   Arrow International offers the NeoCareŽ line of pediatric products. NeoCareŽ products do not contain DEHP. With the exception of the Urinary Drainage Kit (UDK), NeoCareŽ does not have any products made out of PVC. The tubing on the UDK burette assembly is purchased as DEHP-free PVC. None of the NeoCareŽ catheters contain any PVC components and thus no DEHP.   Neonatal products include: Silicone enteral feeding tubes Silicone and polyurethane umbilical catheters Silicone urinary drainage kits   Product & Manufacturer Comments Vygon Catheters   Vygon 800-544-4907 http://www.vygonusa.com   Polyurethane umbilical vessel catheter, ECC catheter, and PremiCath(R) for parenteral nutrition and mid/long-term IV therapy   Silicone neonatal catheter   The SHP thanks Health Care Without Harm for identifying these products

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Category Dialysis Product & Manufacturer Comments B. Braun Peritoneal Dialysis Solution   B. Braun McGaw, Inc. Dialysis Products 800-621-0445 http://www.bbraunusa.com   Dialyte(R) peritoneal dialysis solution is available in non-PVC, non-DEHP plastic containers

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Category Enteral Feeding Products Product & Manufacturer Comments CORPAK CORFLO Neonatal and Pediatric Feeding Tubes   CORPAK MedSystems 800-323-6305 http://www.corpakmedsystems.com   Made from polyurethane and contains no DEHP   Product & Manufacturer Comments CORPAK Farrell Gastric Relief System   CORPAK MedSystems 800-323-6305 http://www.corpakmedsystems.com   Made from EVA and contains no DEHP   Product & Manufacturer Comments CORPAK Polar Feeding Bag & Pump Set   CORPAK MedSystems 800-323-6305 http://www.corpakmedsystems.com   Made from EVA and contains no DEHP   Product & Manufacturer Comments Kendall Kangaroo DEHP-Free Pump Set   Kendall Health Care 800-962-9888 http://www.kendallhq.com   New PVC material eliminates the use of the compound/chemical DEHP   For use with all Kangaroo 224, 324, PET and CONTROL Enteral Feeding pumps   Incoroporates the internal Anti-Free Flow (AFF) Device for continuous protection from the possibility of a free flow incident   Product & Manufacturer Comments Specialty Medical Products' Feeding Tubes and Enteral Sets   Specialty Medical Products 800-633-4360 http://www.gopreemie.com   Specialty Medical Products offers silicone feeding tubes and non-DEHP enteral connection and extension sets for Neonatal to pediatric applications. Their Enteral Only extension set has a male/female Enteral Only connection, designed for use with Oral Dose Syringes (female end) and non-luer locking feeding tubes (male end) to eliminate any possibility of mistakes.   Product & Manufacturer Comments ZEVEX DEHP-free Delivery Sets   ZEVEX International, Inc. 800-970-2337 http://www.zevex.com   ZEVEX offers a DEHP-free delivery set for use with EnteraLite(R) Ambulatory Enteral Feeding Pump.

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Category IV Solutions & Sets Product & Manufacturer Comments B. Braun IV Administration Sets   B. Braun McGaw, Inc. IV Products 800-227-2862 http://www.bbraunusa.com   IV administration sets feature latex-free injection sites and are available with DEHP-free tubing   Product & Manufacturer Comments Hospira LifeShield(R) I.V. Sets   Hospira, Inc. 877-946-7747 http://www.hospira.com   Hospira offers a line of non-DEHP I.V. therapy products. These alternative products use trioctyl trimellitate (TOTM) as a plasticizer in place of DEHP.

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Category Manufacturers of Alternative Materials & Processes Product & Manufacturer Comments GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers   GLS Corporation 800-457-8777 http://www.glscorp.com   GLS supplies thermoplastic elastomers for medical applications requiring a PVC-free or latex-free alternative   Product & Manufacturer Comments Natvar BioPath & Tekni-Plex SurePath Medical Tubings   Natvar Bob Donohue 800-395-6288 http://www.natvar.com   BioPath is a multilayered flexible tubing designed as an alternative to PVC and polyurethane products. Tubing is coextruded with a polyurethane inner layer and a thin external layer of Ecdel, a tough, chemically inert clear polymer. Environmentally friendly; when burned Ecdel releases carbon dioxide and water. EtO/Gamma stable. USP Class VI.   Tekni-Plex SurePath is PVC- and phthalate-free medical tubing for drug delivery and is suitable for anesthesia monitoring lines. The trilayer tubing uses Ecdel 9966 thermoplastic elastomer as an outer layer, an inner layer is polyethylene, and a middle layer is a proprietary adhesive. The tubing can withstand solvent or adhesive bonding used for PVC and can withstand EtO (ethylene oxide) and gamma sterilization. When burned, Ecdel releases carbon dioxide and water.   Product & Manufacturer Comments Saint-Gobain Tygon(R) Plasticizer-Free Medical Tubing   Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Tony Pagliaro 908-218-8888 http://www.medical.saint-gobain.com   TYGON(R) Medical Plasticizer-Free (MPF) tubing offers medical grade, clear, non-PVC polymer formulations that are designed to replace DEHP plasticizer PVC tubing in medical applications   Tubing is testing and validated to ISO 10993 and USP Class VI criteria

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Category Neonatal Products Product & Manufacturer Comments Arrow International NeoCareŽ Pediatric Products   Arrow International - NeoCare Division 800-523-8446 http://www.neocare.com   Arrow International offers the NeoCareŽ line of pediatric products. NeoCareŽ products do not contain DEHP. With the exception of the Urinary Drainage Kit (UDK), NeoCareŽ does not have any products made out of PVC. The tubing on the UDK burette assembly is purchased as DEHP-free PVC. None of the NeoCareŽ catheters contain any PVC components and thus no DEHP.   Neonatal products include: Silicone enteral feeding tubes Silicone and polyurethane umbilical catheters Silicone urinary drainage kits   Product & Manufacturer Comments Axiom Medical, Inc Neonatal & Pediatric Catheters   Axiom Medical, Inc. (310) 898-1779 http://www.axiommed.com   Axiom Medical, Inc. offers silicone Neonatal/Pediatric catheters   Product & Manufacturer Comments CORPAK CORFLO Neonatal and Pediatric Feeding Tubes   CORPAK MedSystems 800-323-6305 http://www.corpakmedsystems.com   Made from polyurethane and contains no DEHP   Product & Manufacturer Comments Specialty Medical Products' Feeding Tubes and Enteral Sets   Specialty Medical Products 800-633-4360 http://www.gopreemie.com   Specialty Medical Products offers silicone feeding tubes and non-DEHP enteral connection and extension sets for Neonatal to pediatric applications. Their Enteral Only extension set has a male/female Enteral Only connection, designed for use with Oral Dose Syringes (female end) and non-luer locking feeding tubes (male end) to eliminate any possibility of mistakes.   Product & Manufacturer Comments Utah Medical Products Inc. Gesco(R) Neonatal Products   Utah Medical Products, Inc. 800-533-4984 http://utahmed.com   The Gesco neonatal products are both latex-free and PVC-free   UMBILI-CATH catheters are available in silicone or polyurethane   Percutaneously inserted central catheter (PICC) is available in silicone   NUTRI-CATH is a silicone feeding tube for continuous enteral feeding via naso gastric, oro gastric or naso jejunal routes   URI-CATH is a silicone urinary drainage system   THORA-CATH is a silicone chest drainage catheter   Product & Manufacturer Comments Vygon Catheters   Vygon 800-544-4907 http://www.vygonusa.com   Polyurethane umbilical vessel catheter, ECC catheter, and PremiCath(R) for parenteral nutrition and mid/long-term IV therapy   Silicone neonatal catheter   The SHP thanks Health Care Without Harm for identifying these products   Product & Manufacturer Comments Vygon DEHP-Free PVC Feeding Tube   Vygon 800-544-4907 http://www.vygonusa.com   DEHP-free infant feeding tubes use TOTM as a plasticizer for the PVC. Comparable dwell times to PVC tubes. Available in 5, 6, & 8 Fr.   Product & Manufacturer Comments Vygon DEHP-free Sump Tubes   Vygon 800-544-4907 http://www.vygonusa.com   Vygon offers sump tubes, commonly known as Replogle tubes, of DEHP-free PVC

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Category/Subcategory Safety Needles & Sharps Devices IV Insertion Equipment and Medication Delivery Systems Product & Manufacturer Comments Churchill Non-DEHP IV Administration and Extension Sets   Churchill Medical Systems 800-468-0585   All Churchill Administration and Extension sets use non-DEHP tubing. Plasticizer is Diocpyl Adipate. Latex free.   Product & Manufacturer Comments Churchill Wing Safe(TM)Huber Needle Sets   Churchill Medical Systems 800-468-0585   Color coded "wings" fold to cover and shield the needle   Non-DEHP tubing with a variety of needle sizes. Plasticizer is Diocpyl Addipate. Latex free   Product & Manufacturer Comments Codan IV Products   Codan U.S. Corp Curt Kozell Sales Manager, Label Products cmk@codanus.com www.codanus.com   CODAN US Corp. manufactures a line of non-DEHP and latex-free IV Infusion Sets, Extension Sets and Specialty Extension Sets. (TOTM is used in place of DEHP).   Product & Manufacturer Comments Deltec Gripper Plus(TM) Safety Huber Needle   Deltec, Inc. 800-426-2448 http://www.deltec.com   Safety Huber needle requires minimal change to technique   Hands behind the needle, audible and visual confirmation of safety   Natural rubber latex-free. Integrated TOTM* extension tubing, TaxolŽ and Lipid compatible   Product & Manufacturer Comments IntraVascular, Inc. FloStar Needleless ConnectorTM   IntraVascular, Incorporated(TM) 800-917-3234 http://www.intravascularinc.com/   Patented dual-valve mechanism virtually eliminates blood backflow. Raised luer septum promotes aseptic technique through easy swabbing. Straight fluid path prevents pooling to ensure efficient drug delivery. Needleless system assists in eliminating needle sticks. Latex and DEHP-free.   Product & Manufacturer Comments Kawasumi IV Administration Sets and Infusion Sets   Kawasumi Laboratories America, Inc. 800-529-2786 http://www.kawasumiamerica.com   IV administration set features TOTM (non-DEHP) PVC fluid path, including tubing and drip chamber   Latex free and available with needleless access connector   Port Access Infusion Sets have a TOTM (non-DEHP) PVC fluid path and are latex free

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Category Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Product & Manufacturer Comments B. Braun TPN Solution   B. Braun McGaw, Inc. IV Products 800-227-2862 http://www.bbraunusa.com   TPN Solution is available in glass bottle   SHP thanks Health Care Without Harm for identifying this product   Product & Manufacturer Comments Baxter All-In-One TPN Containers   Baxter Healthcare Corporation One Baxter Parkway Deerfield, IL 60015 800-422-9837 http://www.baxter.com   Baxter All-In-One TPN Containers are constructed of EVA with PVC spike ports that are plasticized with trisoctyl trimellitate (TOTM) - not DEHP   Product & Manufacturer Comments Metrix TPN Bags & Automatic Compounder   Metrix Company 563-556-8800 http://www.metrixco.com   Metrix supplies DEHP-free vinyl and EVA (ethyl vinyl acetate) TPN containers for facilities that mix their own TPN solutions   The DEHP-free TPN containers use a TOTM plasticizer. The EVA (ethyl vinyl acetate)TPN bags contain no plasticizers.   Metrix also offers the AutoComp6™ equipment that uses a computer-controlled pump to quickly and accurately compound TPN admixtures   Product & Manufacturer Comments Stedim TPN Bags   Stedim, Inc. 800-914-6644 http://www.stedim.com   Stedim TPN bags are made of EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) and contain no plasticizers   Stedim also offers a Neonatal Bag Filling Kit

 

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