Old BS 1619 2 ml glass insulin syringe (U20 insulin) + 26 gauge, 0-5 inch needle 1-26 (U20), (Everett) 0-063 2-52 (U40) New BS 1619 1 ml glass insulin syringe (UIOO insulin) + 26 gauge, 0-5 inch needle (Rand Rocket) 0-051 5 1 (UIOO) New BS 1619 0 5 ml glass insulin syringe (UI00 insulin) + 26 gauge, 0-5 inch needle (Rand Rocket) 0-05 5 (U100) BD Plastipak 1 ml plastic disposable syringe (U100 i...

conclusions the designed safe irrigator syringe seems to be applicable in wound irrigation and superior to the conventional devices regarding efficacy and user comfort. results all of the interns stated that the new device is quite applicable for wound washing and is easy to handle. nine interns believed that safe irrigator syringe is superior to the conventional devices regarding efficacy and ...

Introduction: The dental syringe, since its introduction in 1921, has been very popular in operations performed under local anesthetics (LA). It can, however, be quite cumbersome to handle for people with petite hands. Therefore, the aim of this study is to introduce a technique of utilizing its sealed lignospan cartridges in a simpler way by using hypodermic syringe and needle to achieve effec...

AIM Dental fear and anxiety in early childhood are widely prevalent and contribute to dental problems and behaviour in adulthood. Novel ways to reduce dental fear and anxiety in children are needed. Our aim was to conduct an efficacy trial of a novel Camouflage Syringe to reduce dental fear and anxiety in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS STUDY DESIGN randomised controlled trial of efficacy ...

The genus Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 is revised. Pseudosparianthis variabilis F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900, Pseudosparianthis cubana Banks, 1909 and Thelcticopis pestai (Reimoser, 1939) are transferred to the genus; and P. cubana is considered a senior synonym of the type species, Decaphora trabiformis Franganillo, 1931. In addition, the female of T. pestai and the male of P. variabilis are de...

We examined pharmacists' attitudes and practices related to syringe sales to injection drug users before and after legal reform and local programming to enhance sterile syringe access. We replicated a 1996 study by conducting pharmacist phone surveys and syringe test-buys in randomly selected pharmacies. Test-buy success increased from 48% in 1996 to 65% in 2003 (P=.04). Pharmacists agreeing th...

This study is concerned with pen-joint and interjoint coordination in handwriting. In particular, it focuses on the stability of coordination as a means to find the locus of coordination control in the arm-pen effector system. Twelve subjects generated loop sequences of varying length at various positions on the baseline of writing. Joint excursions and pen-tip displacements were recorded by me...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the methods used in our hospital for obtaining pleural fluid to determine the acid-base balance and to evaluate the clinical repercussions of each method. METHODS Initially we studied the methods used by physicians in our hospital to collect pleural fluid for determination of the acid-base balance. In a second phase, we performed a prospective, descriptive, comparative st...

The method described by Rosenau 1 for injecting precise amounts of fluids into animals is excellent. In the practical application of this method certain difficulties have however been encountered, which, it is believed, can be overcome by improvements in the syringe herein described. The time reqtfired for removing the bulb of and measuring the salt solution into the syringe to wash i t out, af...