Patent ID: 7862539

Claim:
A method for safely infusing a toxic fluid into a patient using a safety set, a connect set and a cyto admin set, the safety set comprising a first male locking connector haying a proximal end and a distal end attached to a toxic fluid container, an interlocking slide having a proximal end and a distal end that is releasably attached to the proximal end of the first male locking connector, a needle shroud assembly containing a needle and having a proximal end and a distal end slidably attached to the proximal end of the interlocking slide, and a withdrawing syringe having a distal up releasably attached to the proximal end of the needle shroud assembly, the connect set comprising a connect set line in fluid communication with an infusion bag, wherein the connect set includes a port for connection with the safety set such that the withdrawing syringe is in fluid communication with the infusion bag, the cyto admin set comprising one or more check valves for connection with the connect set such that the infusion bag is in fluid communication with the cyto admin set, the method comprising the steps of: drawing the toxic fluid from the toxic fluid container into the withdrawing syringe; disconnecting the safety set from the toxic fluid container at a junction of the first male locking connector and the interlocking slide; pushing the interlocking slide into the needle shroud assembly such that one or more outwardly projecting pins of the interlocking slide are received within corresponding slots of the needle shroud assembly, and such that a sharpened distal tip of the needle is positioned within a resilient septum carried by the interlocking slide; connecting a second male locking connector to the interlocking slide; connecting the second male locking connector to the connect set; dispensing the toxic fluid from. the syringe into the infusion bag; withdrawing the needle to position its sharpened distal tip within the, resilient septum; attaching the connect set to the cyto admin set; and infusing the toxic fluid into the patient.