Syringe case

A case for housing a syringe of the type having an elongated barrel with a hub at one end from which a needle extends and a protective sheath removably mounted to the hub covering the needle, and wherein the case comprises an elongated, tubular member open at one end and having an aperture located adjacent the other end extending completely through said tubular member, said aperture being oriented transversely with respect to the axis of said elongated tubular member and being sized and shaped to receive and releasably hold the protective sheath, and means for removably capping said tubular member open end, whereby the needle may be manually unsheathed by a user for syringe use and resheathed by the user for syringe storage by insertion of the sheath into and extraction from the aperture.