Abstract: A protective device to protect against needle stick injuries in health care. The device has a base. There are troughs in the base to receive and protect fingers. Each trough has an inner wall that, with the other inner side wall defines a retaining passage between the troughs and on its inner surface a grip for the fingers. The device may also be able to hold a sample tube and include an indent adjacent one edge to place over a subcutaneous implanted injection port.