Switch needles for sharper diabetes care
Unifine® Pentips® Plus is the first insulin pen needle with a built-in removal chamber for convenient needle change and storage. That promotes better injecting practices and improves diabetes management.
Diabetes needles:
forethought, not afterthought
Good diabetes care involves consideration of insulin types and doses, carb counting, and regular screening for complications.
Indeed, there’s so much to cover that insulin pen needles can be a bit of an afterthought. After all, one box is much like another, right?
Wrong. The right needle is crucial to insulin delivery.
Poor needle practice is alarmingly common among people with diabetes and it increases the risk of injuries and illness.
Just look at these stats:
- Over 40% of people with diabetes admit to disposing of sharps in their household waste, putting others at risk
- 57% of people with diabetes reuse needles, increasing the risk of lipohypertrophy and infections
- Most needlestick injuries happen when recapping.
Let’s stick it to diabetes
Diabetes can be hard to live with day after day, year after year. People understandably start taking shortcuts that save time and effort.
Normal needles aren’t working well for people with diabetes. They need a solution that makes good injecting practices easier to fit into a busy lifestyle.
That’s the beauty of Unifine® Pentips® Plus.
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Bye-bye blunt needles
Unifine® Pentips® Plus needles feature a built-in removal chamber for convenient needle change and storage.
It uses unique Safe Click Technology™ that indicates when used needles are secured into the locking chamber, providing a convenient solution for needle disposal on-the-go.
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Patients can:
- Inject comfortably with a new, sharp needle every single time
- Improve diabetes management and reduce the risk of infection and lipohypertrophy associated with needle reuse
- Cap the needle with one hand using a flat surface
- Reduce the risk of needlestick injuries for themselves or their carers
- Safely cap and store used needles wherever they are
Unifine ® Pentips® Plus is ideal for
Kids
Make diabetes less intrusive.
Safely cap and store used needles wherever they are – at school, at home, at a mate’s place or on camp.
Active people
Convenient needle change and storage on the go.
Enjoy adventures like bushwalking, camping, kayaking, rock climbing and skiing without needing to pack a sharps box or reuse needles.
Older people
Overcome vision or dexterity issues that make it hard to change needles.
Recapped using only one hand and a flat surface, helping to protect older patients from needlestick injuries and increase the rate of pen needle change.
Everyone
Benefits for every age and lifestyle.
Improve diabetes management and reduce the risk of infection and lipohypertrophy
associated with needle reuse.
Reduce the risk of needlestick injuries.
Available on the NDSS
Unifine ® Pentips ® Plus is available on the NDSS in five needle lengths – 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm and 12 mm.
- Unifine Pentips Plus
- 32G x 4mm
- 100
- 292
- Unifine Pentips Plus
- 31G x 5mm
- 100
- 294
- Unifine Pentips Plus
- 31G x 6mm
- 100
- 296
- Unifine Pentips Plus
- 31G x 8mm
- 100
- 294
- Unifine Pentips Plus
- 29G x 12mm
- 100
- 290
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Switch needles for sharper diabetes care
You’re a key influence on people living with diabetes so consider recommending Unifine ® Pentips ® Plus, the only needles with a built-in removal chamber that makes it easier to change needles and follow best-practice advice.
- This initiative is part of a wider educational campaign diabetes educators and pharmacists.
- This information is intended for healthcare professionals
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