Medical needle disposal system.

摘要

The invention concerns a closure device for closing the opening in a contaminated needle collection container and removing contaminated needle hubs from blood collection assemblies. This is improved by (a) a substantially flat thin closure body (10); (b) attaching means (18) along the edges of said body for the attachment to a contaminated needle collection container; (c) a pair of openings (26, 28) positioned substantially centrally of said body; (d) each said opening being elongated with a first end (36) and a second end (34); (e) each said first end being of smaller width than each said second end; (f) the side walls of each of said elongated openings diverging from its respective said first end to its respective said second end; and (g) each said second end having a chamfered edge (50, 54) forming a knife-edge for prying needle hubs stuck in needle holders.