Plastic material from syringes causing death

Chyloptysis causing plastic bronchitis

Chyloptysis is a rare clinical problem that is associated with conditions affecting lymphatic channels in the thorax. Diagnosis is usually made when the patients present with expectoration of milky-white sputum or of thick tenacious mucus in the shape of smaller bronchi (bronchial cast). Typically the symptoms resolve after coughing up of the bronchial casts. Pleural, mediastinal, pulmonary or ...

Stability of extemporaneously compounded pyridoxine in glass and plastic bottles and plastic syringes.

Dexamethasone 1 mg/mL Suspension Prepared from Crushed Tablets: Stability in Glass and Plastic Bottles and Plastic Syringes.

Stability of levetiracetam oral solution repackaged in oral plastic syringes.

PURPOSE The long-term stability of levetiracetam solution in oral syringes was investigated in order to define a suitable beyond-use date and demonstrate the feasibility of storing prepared syringes for extended periods as an alternative to commercial levetiracetam unit dose cups. METHODS Levetiracetam oral solution (100 mg/mL) was drawn into 1- and 10-mL amber polypropylene oral syringes. Tr...

Adsorption of some technetium-99m radiopharmaceuticals onto disposable plastic syringes.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the adsorption behavior of some widely used, commercially available 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals onto different types of plastic syringes. METHODS Kits were reconstituted with 99mTc-pertechnetate diluted with 0.9% saline to produce maximum radioactive concentrations, as stated by the manufacturers. Aliquots of the solutions were transferred t...