Stericup - Sterile colored cooker

Apothicom Stericup®

A sterile, single use cooker of 2.5 ml. Its 5 different colours serve to protect against accidental sharing.

• Packaging: Individual sterile blister pack
• Composition: 2.5 ml aluminium sterile spoon
• Properties: Reduce harms arising from the sharing and re-use of mixing spoons, such as the transmission of hepatitis B and C and HIV, as well as abscess, endocarditis and cellulitis from bacterial contamination. Encourages the adoption of an aseptic mixing and injecting technique.
• Indications: Prevention of infections related to the sharing of spoons used in the preparation of drug-mixes. Promote the single-use of spoons. Helps reduce risk of infections arising from the sharing, borrowing and re-use of mixing spoons.
• Cautions: Never touch the inside of the Stericup® with your fingers: any bacteria, fungi or infectious viruses such as the Hepatitis C Virus (i.e. in traces of blood) that ares present on the surface of the skin may contaminate a drug-mix being prepared for IV injection.
  Never share or drown-up after someone has used the spoon. Even if it has been cleaned, the spoon can contain viruses from someone elses syringe, filter, water or fingers. One shot is all it takes to get infected! Never re-use.
• Clinical history: Developed in France since 1997 in conjunction with needle exchange programs. Safety and efficacy validated through exhaustive laboratory testing. Tested with brown heroin (base), white heroin (hydrochloride), cocaine (hydrochloride), crack (cocaine base), amphetamines and crushed tablets. Approved as a therapeutic device and distributed with government support to all pharmacies and needle and syringe programs through out France. Distributed and used worldwide (Spain, Germany, Canada, UK, USA....).
• Directions for use: Push on the Stericup® handle to take it out of its blister pack, being careful to avoid touching the inside of the cup. Fit the Stericup®s handle into the cap of the Becton-Dickinson® syringe, in order to protect the users fingers from burns when the Stericup is heated.
  For use with other kinds of syringes, Stericup® is supplied with a sterile plastic handle to protect users from the heating of the metal during the cooking process.