User experience for manual injection of 2 mL viscous solutions is enhanced by a new prefillable syringe with a staked 8 mm ultra-thin wall needle

OBJECTIVES: User experience was compared between a new pre-fillable 2.25 mL glass syringe equipped with an ultra-thin-wall (UTW) 8 mm staked needle and a marketed BD Neopak™ syringe equipped with a special-thin-wall (STW) 12.7 mm staked needle.

METHODS: Participants simulated subcutaneous injections with both syringes alone (formative Human Factors study) and in combination with a needlestick-prevention device (validation Human Factors study).

RESULTS: Usability results of both studies showed higher success rates for delivering the full dose of 2 mL viscous solution (30 cP) with the 8mmUTW syringe than with the 12.7mmSTW one (63% vs. 42% in the formative study). The use of the 8mmUTW syringe demonstrated also better ease of use and acceptance results and 72% of formative study participants preferred this new syringe over the current one when delivering the viscous solution. Using a shorter needle also showed a benefit in decreasing the injection-related anxiety. Besides, in the case of a non-recommended injection technique, the calculated risk of accidental intramuscular injection is reduced by 2 to 13 times with the 8mmUTW syringe.

CONCLUSION: Altogether, the results obtained demonstrated an improvement of the user experience with this new syringe compared to the current one in the manual delivery of 2 mL viscous solutions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on drug delivery - 17(2020), 10 vom: 02. Okt., Seite 1485-1498

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pager, Aurélie [VerfasserIn]
Combedazou, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Guerrero, Karen [VerfasserIn]
Tzvetkova-Chevolleau, Tzvetelina [VerfasserIn]
Morel, Didier [VerfasserIn]
Frolet, Cécile [VerfasserIn]
Glezer, Stanislav [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8 mm needle
Chronic care
Comparative Study
Human factors
Journal Article
Manual subcutaneous injection
Multicenter Study
Needlestick prevention device
Prefillable syringe
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ultra-thin wall cannula
Usability
User experience
Viscous drug delivery

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.02.2021

Date Revised 01.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17425247.2020.1796630

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31276703X