AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2000
NSW: Safe syringe wins international gong for Sydney doctor
A Sydney cosmetic surgeon has won an international award for his revolutionary "safe" syringe.
The syringe is designed to be used once only -- to minimise the risk of cross-infection.
It's won gold in the medical category at the International Exhibition of Inventions,
New Techniques and Products, in awards given in Geneva on Friday.
It was designed by Dr COLIN MOORE, president of the Australasian College of Cosmetic
Surgery, and his brother IAN MOORE, a retired solicitor.
Dr MOORE says the device is designed to avoid the risk of HIV or hepatitis cross-infection
through negligent misuse of needles.
He says if a used needle is stepped on, the risk of infection's minimal because blood
does not return back up the barrel, as it does in traditional needles.
Dr MOORE, who's still in Geneva, says he's been approached by a number of major medical-equipment
manufacturers, mainly American, interested in the syringe.
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