BLOOD CONTROL CATHETER WITH ANTIMICROBIAL NEEDLE LUBE

摘要

An antimicrobial lubricant (60) applied to an outer surface of an introducer needle (50) as part of a catheter assembly device (10). The catheter assembly device further includes a blood control septum (20) having a slit (26) through which the introducer needle is threaded. The antimicrobial lubricant is squeegeed, or removed from the outer surface of the introducer needle as the needle is removed from the slit following catheterization. The removed antimicrobial lubricant forms a deposit on the septum at a location distal to the slit, thereby preventing colonization and growth of pathogens on the septum and other adjacent components and surfaces of the catheter assembly device.