A scalpel blade remover takes a used blade off a reusable handle without the fingers going near the edge, the serrated jaws grip the blade so it can be lifted free and dropped into a sharps container. Peak Surgicals supplies the serrated 14.8cm (5.8") pattern in stainless steel at $27.50, Model PS-P-00027. It is CE marked and built under ISO 13485. See the instrument in the grid below.

Why a Blade Remover Instead of Fingers

The Scalpel Blade Remover ($27.50) grips a used blade with serrated jaws so it can be detached from a reusable handle and disposed of without direct finger contact — removing a blade by hand is a leading cause of sharps injury, which is why blade removal is treated as a controlled step rather than an afterthought. The instrument exists to take the hand out of the most dangerous moment.

The numbers make the case: for every 100,000 scalpels in use, sharps injuries run to roughly 12.6, and a share of those happen not during surgery but during blade removal and disposal. Removing a blade by pinching it off with the fingers or a haemostat leaves the edge exposed to the hand; a purpose-built remover grips the blade's spine, lets the handle pull free, and holds the detached blade until it drops into the container. The serrated jaws on this 14.8cm pattern give the secure grip that a smooth instrument would lose mid-removal. Occupational safety guidance treats a single-handed blade removal step as an engineering control, the safest point to contain a contaminated sharp is the moment it comes off the handle. We supply the instrument at MOQ 1.

Material, Reprocessing and Certification

The remover is forged from stainless steel, reusable, corrosion-resistant across repeated autoclave cycles, and holding the jaw serrations that grip the blade. The jaws are the inspection point: worn or rounded serrations lose their grip on the blade spine, which reintroduces exactly the risk the instrument removes, so check the jaw grip and set aside any remover whose serrations have worn smooth. Ultrasonic-clean before autoclaving so tissue and blood residue do not collect in the jaws.

The instrument is Class I, reusable, CE marked and built under ISO 13485 — the documentation a hospital supply team verifies before qualifying a vendor. Warranty is one year with return-and-replacement, MOQ is 1 piece, orders over $99 ship free in carton box packing, and OEM marking is available for distributors. For scalpel handles see scalpel handles; for the broader autopsy range see post mortem instruments. Talk to us about OEM and volume terms.