Safety Blood Collection Assembly With Indicator

A needle assembly, comprising:

• a holder having a distal end and a proximal end engageable with a specimen collection container;
• a hub associated with the holder, the hub including a flash chamber;
• a cannula supported by the hub, the cannula having a patient end, a non-patient end, and a sidewall extending therebetween defining cannula interior, the patient end of the cannula projecting at least partially from the distal end of the housing, the cannula interior in fluid communication with the flash chamber;
• and
• a shield having a first depending arm and a second depending arm and an end connected to a portion of the holder by at least one pivot, wherein the shield is pivotally transitionable from a first position to a second position with respect to the holder, wherein the shield is disposed over the patient end in the second position, and wherein at least a portion of the flash chamber is visible when the shield is in the retracted position.