BACKGROUND Although platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is nowadays a common method in various medical fields, including cosmetic surgery or dermatology, the expensiveness of the kit for processing is still a hurdle. METHODS A new unique economic method for preparing PRP was reported. The method consists in a simple modification of a disposable 5-mL syringe that allows insertion into a common centrifu...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of positive-pressure nasal irrigation devices in children with acute sinusitis, in addition to bacterial colonization of the irrigation device. METHOD We performed a randomized, prospective, controlled study of 80 children with acute sinusitis, aged between 3 and 15 years. Participants were randomly separated into two groups, where one group was treated usin...

sterilisation there is a risk of infection. Diabetics commonly keep their syringes in spirit although similar practices have been abandoned in hospital, where sterile instruments are now stored dry. It would seem logical for diabetics to store their syringes-glass or plastic-in the same way. Thirty patients reported by Greenough et a13 used a single plastic syringe, stored dry in a domestic ref...

In two prisons in Berlin, Germany, provision of sterile injection equipment for injecting drug users (IDUs) started in 1998. To assess the programme's impact, the frequency of injecting drug use and syringe sharing, and the incidence of HIV, HBV, and HCV infection were determined in a follow-up study. Of all IDUs (n=174), 75% continued to inject. After the project start the level of syringe sha...

BACKGROUND In Denmark, the first standalone supervised injecting facility (SIF) opened in Copenhagen's Vesterbro neighborhood on October 1, 2012. The purpose of this study was to assess whether use of services provided by the recently opened SIF was associated with changes in injecting behavior and syringe disposal practices among people who inject drugs (PWID). We hypothesized that risk behavi...

BACKGROUND Programmatic data from New York City syringe exchange programs suggest that many clients visit the programs infrequently and take few syringes per transaction, while separate survey data from individuals using these programs indicate that frequent injecting - at least daily - is common. Together, these data suggest a possible "syringe gap" between the number of injections performed b...

Agilent Captiva Premium PES syringe filters are evaluated and compared to other suppliers’ PES and PVDF syringe filters for the risk of losing protein during filtration. Captiva Premium PES syringe filters demonstrate low protein binding with excellent recovery for biological samples, especially for ‘sticky’ proteins at low concentrations. In addition, an assessment of filter extractables on LC...

Agilent Captiva Premium PES syringe filters are evaluated and compared to other suppliers’ PES and PVDF syringe filters for the risk of losing protein during filtration. Captiva Premium PES syringe filters demonstrate low protein binding with excellent recovery for biological samples, especially for ‘sticky’ proteins at low concentrations. In addition, an assessment of filter extractables on LC...

BACKGROUND Sterile syringe access is a critical component of HIV prevention programs. Although retail pharmacies provide convenient outlets for syringe access, injection drug users (IDUs) may encounter barriers to syringe purchase even where purchase without a prescription is legal. We sought to obtain an objective measure of syringe access in Tijuana, Mexico, where IDUs report being denied or ...

BACKGROUND Goal-directed therapy guidelines for pediatric septic shock resuscitation recommend fluid delivery at speeds in excess of that possible through use of regular fluid infusion pumps. In our experience, syringes are commonly used by health care providers (HCPs) to achieve rapid fluid resuscitation in a pediatric fluid resuscitation scenario. At present, it is unclear which syringe size ...