BD Nokor Filter Needles

When you're drawing medication from a glass ampule or reconstituting from a rubber-stoppered vial, the last thing you want in your syringe is glass shards or rubber coring. BD Nokor filter needles are built for exactly this task - a specially angled, non-coring bevel paired with an integrated filter that captures particulate before it ever reaches the patient. Pharmacists, infusion nurses, and compounding technicians reach for them precisely because they solve a hazard that a standard needle can't.

This collection centers on the BD Nokor Filter Needle (305201), an 18-gauge, 1-1/2 inch sterile disposable needle with a 5-micron filter housed in its pink hub. The 5-micron filter is the working detail here: it screens out microscopic glass fragments and coring debris during aspiration, while the 18-gauge bore keeps draw-up fast even with viscous solutions. The beveled, non-coring point is designed to pierce vial septa cleanly rather than punching out a plug of rubber.

A practical note that trips up new users: a filter needle is intended for a single directional use. Use it to draw fluid up into the syringe, then swap to a fresh needle for injection - the filter only works one way, and reusing it defeats the purpose. These are supplied without a syringe, so pair them with the luer-lock or luer-slip syringe your protocol calls for.

Each needle is individually sterile and single-use, making them a straightforward fit for pharmacy compounding, IV admixture preparation, and any medication draw-up from ampules or multi-dose vials where particulate control matters.