An apparatus for protecting a medical valve are disclosed, including a housing having a proximal female luer connection, a valve within the proximal female luer connection, a distal male luer tip, and a fluid passageway between the proximal female luer connection and the distal male luer tip and a cover member coupled to the housing and covering the proximal female luer connection wherein the cover member is configured to remain coupled to the housing while exposing the proximal female luer connection for connection with a syringe or an IV. In some embodiments with an extendible fluid passageway, the proximal female luer connection is extended when the proximal female luer connection is exposed. In yet another embodiment, a cover member is removably attachable to any unprotected medical valve. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
