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1. A device for use in cleaning and disinfecting an intravenous (IV) connector having, female luer having an external thread and a top surface, and for use in cleaning and disinfecting a vascular access catheter hub having an internal wall and an external thread, said device consisting essentially of:
a single piece of non-particulating compressible material having pores infused with a disinfectant agent, said single piece of material having a body with a first end and a second end, said first end defining a blind hole having a side wall and a bottom surface, said side wall adapted to be engageable with the external thread of the IV connector, and said blind hole having a depth chosen such that when said blind hole extends completely over the external thread of the IV connector, the top surface of the IV connector engages said bottom surface of the blind hole, said second end defining an annular recess with a ring having an inner wall about the annular recess at the second end of said body, and a male-luer slip extending from inside said recess to outside of said recess, said male-luer slip having a base inside said recess and a tip beyond said ring, said male-luer slip adapted to extend into the vascular access catheter hub and engage the internal wall of the catheter hub with an interference fit, and said inner wall of said ring adapted to be engageable the external thread of the catheter hub when the male-luer slip engages the internal wall of the catheter hub. |
