Double labelling syringes

Syringes and syringomyelia.

The earliest description of cavities in the cord is generally ascribed to Charles Estienne (1504–c.1564) in La dissection des parties du corps humain... Paris, 1546. But the fi rst use of the term ‘syringomyelia’ was probably that of Charles P. Oliviers d’Anger in De la moelle épinière et ses maladies in 1824; in a later two-volume work he described: ‘Syringomyélie ou cavité centrale dans la mo...

Shielded safety syringes.

To the Editor: The results of the study, “Impact of a Shielded Safety Syringe on Needlestick Injuries Among Healthcare Workers,” in the June 1992 issue (1992;13:349353) are encouraging. Technology that keeps the worker’s hands behind the needle at all times and covers the needle after use should significantly lower the rate of needlestick injuries. However, we noted the following inconsistencie...

The Sterilization of Hypodermic Syringes

Prefilled Syringes for Viscous Formulations

www.ondrugdelivery.com 27 In this article, Mahesh Chaubal, PhD, Senior Director, Drug Development, R&D Medical Products, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, provides a glimpse of some of the challenges faced during the development of viscous formulations of biopharmaceutical products for injection, from a formulator’s perspective, especially when the finished product is filled in a prefilled syringe...

Immuno-gold Labelling of Chlamydia trachomatis

Background Chlamydia trachomatis is considered as an important cause of preventable sexually transmitted diseases worldwide. It is known to be of an obligate intracellular nature and enters its target cells via an endocytic process. As major outer membrane protein (MOMP) is one of the main candidates for the attachment and entry of chlamydia to the host cells we have tried to label the epitopes...