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THE NEUMA CENTRAL LINE ANTISEPTIC CAP is a reinvention of the ubiquitous disinfecting cap used on the portals of central lines to help prevent blood infections. The important innovation of the Neuma Cap is it physically cannot be used more than one time, thus ensuring compliance and deterring tampering by IVDU (intravenous drug using) patients.

​BACKGROUND
Disinfecting caps are an established component of IV therapy workflows because they help prevent costly central line blood infections. The Neuma Cap is a revolutionary disinfecting cap that features important differentiating benefits:

• The Neuma Cap cannot be used more than once, effectively eliminating non-compliance.

• The truly single-use Neuma Cap deters and detects IVDU patients attempting to use their lines to self-inject illicit drugs.

PROBLEM
• 28% of IV nurses surveyed confessed that they use the same disinfecting cap more than once, resulting in blood infections and CLABSI reports.

• 5% of hospitals experience monthly deaths due to patients using their lines to “shoot up”. Many more have to treat deep infections and replace lines when a patient contaminates the line.

• Concerns about patients abusing their lines motivate doctors to extend IVDU patients’ time in the hospital to receive infusions, thus occupying beds and costing hospitals millions of dollars.

SOLUTION
Because the Neuma Cap cannot be used more than once, compliance is guaranteed and IVDU patients cannot remove a cap, self-inject, and then put the same cap back on. Either the patient is prevented from abusing the line, or the removed cap indicates signs of tampering.

LEARN MORE
www.neumainnovations.com  >>

Neuma Announces Single-Use Disinfecting Cap for Central Lines.   
press release  >>



A BETTER MOUSETRAP THAT FITS SEAMLESSLY INTO EXISTING WORK FLOWS
The Neuma Clamp is protected by US patents.
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STEP ONE
Central Line Port and Neuma Cap.

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STEP TWO
The Neuma Cap screws onto the line, disinfects the port, and protects the line from tampering by IVDU patients.

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STEP THREE
When the Neuma Cap is unscrewed, the red piston locks in place and the cap can’t be screwed on again.The nurse can’t reuse the cap, and the IVDU patient can’t secretly abuse their line.

​The Neuma Clamp is protected by US patents.
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