Dr. Swann of Huddersfield University has designed A Behavior Changing Syringe (ABCS) that changes color if it has been used previously. According to Dr. Swann's website at http://designtoimprovelife.dk/abcs-a-behaviour-changing-syringe/, quoted below:
"While Safety Syringes – also known as Auto Disposable Syringes – cost 200% more than ordinary syringes, inhibiting wide-scale adoption by healthcare practitioners, the ABCs technology costs only 0.16p more than an ordinary syringe. And good design – in particular life-saving and reliable design – ought to be this affordable.
Dr David Swann’s impact estimation indicates that by year 5, his design innovation will have prevented 700,000 unsafe injections, saved US$130 million in medical costs and 6.5 million life years – just like syringes ought to."
According to CNN Tech at http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/tech/innovation/smart-syringe-turns-red/index.html, there are 4-5 billion injections given in India each year and 2.5 billion are unsafe.
The information on the two websites above is worth reading!
"While Safety Syringes – also known as Auto Disposable Syringes – cost 200% more than ordinary syringes, inhibiting wide-scale adoption by healthcare practitioners, the ABCs technology costs only 0.16p more than an ordinary syringe. And good design – in particular life-saving and reliable design – ought to be this affordable.
Dr David Swann’s impact estimation indicates that by year 5, his design innovation will have prevented 700,000 unsafe injections, saved US$130 million in medical costs and 6.5 million life years – just like syringes ought to."
According to CNN Tech at http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/03/tech/innovation/smart-syringe-turns-red/index.html, there are 4-5 billion injections given in India each year and 2.5 billion are unsafe.
The information on the two websites above is worth reading!
