Needle safe transfer guard

A transfer guard for use by an individual for transferring contents from a supply container to a receiver container that accepts the contents, wherein the receiver container includes a needle having a needle tip, the transfer guard comprising:

• a supply adapter that is adapted to be mated with the supply container;
• a receiver adapter that is adapted to be mated with the receiver container and the needle;
• a support structure coupled between the supply adapter and the receiver adapter to support the supply adapter and the receiver adapter, wherein the support structure facilitates movement of the adapters from a first more distant position relative to each other to a second closer position relative to each other;
• and
• a locking mechanism that may be engaged to keep the adapters from moving apart relative to each other,
• wherein the adapters are further adapted to substantially protect the needle tip from contact with the individual while allowing the needle tip to be exposed to air after the adapters are mated with the containers and before the transfer guard is compressed.