Westmed offers a broad range of blood gas sampling products that incorporate FDA, OSHA, and NIOSH guidelines, which recommend safety features for needlestick protection. Plus Westmed offers the best dry Li/Zn* balanced heparin anticoagulation technology. Westmed offers two needle safety devices – Crickett™ needle protection and SafetyTip™ needle protection. Westmed’s needle protection is designed to minimize the risk of needlestick injuries caused by accidental needlesticks. Westmed’s puncture kits come with the Pulset™ vented syringe. Vented syringes help eliminate pre-analytical errors, such as air bubbles in the sample.