We describe a modified test of hemagglutination inhibition for the detection of morphine in urine, similar to the well-known test for pregnancy. The reaction takes place in test tubes or ampoules containing carefully matched amounts of lyophilized morphine antiserum and tanned human erythrocytes coated with morphine conjugated to rat serum albumin. The reagents are reconstituted by adding 100 m...

IN THE 1977 motion picture, The Deep, a young couple, while scuba diving in the Bahamas, discover an ampoule of morphine lying near an old World War II freighter. After befriending a local treasure salvor, the group endeavors to remove all the morphine ampoules from the wreck and destroy the drugs before they fall into the hands of a local bad guy. But the adventure deepens when an old grenade ...

Introduction: This study aims to present the management of postoperative c-section pain using multimodal analgesia.
 Case presentation: There were two patients who received analgesia as a treatment for C-section pain. The first patient, woman 15 years old, will undergo Caesarean section operation with indications G1P0A0, term pregnancy, and cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD). second 23-year...

This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended primarily for use in the development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of cholesterol, fat-soluble vitamins, fat, and fatty acids in a lipid matrix. SRM 1563 consists of ten ampoules per unit: five ampoules of natural coconut oil (1563-1) and five ampoules of fortified coconut oil (1563-2). Each ampoule contains approxi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Glass ampoules have been widely used in packaging injection drugs. Glass has important characteristics that allow it to be widely used in fabrication of recipients for drugs and other sterile substances. However, contamination of solutions with glass microparticles on breaking open glass ampoules, the presence of metals, percutaneous injury, and biological contaminatio...