A growing market for safety syringes

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Administration of medication by injection in non-hospital settings is increasingly becoming the norm, but almost a decade since sharps legislation was passed in Europe and the US, compliance still has a way to go to reach mandatory legal requirements in hospital – and even more so, in non-hospital locations. To understand future demand for safety syringes, this article examines the research into the trends and drivers surrounding safety device take up.