Epidural syringes

Loss of resistance technique for locating the epidural space: evaluation of glass and plastic syringes.

Location of the epidural space in epidural anaesthesia usually involves the measurement of loss of resistance using glass or plastic syringes. In the present study two varieties of glass syringe and one plastic type were evaluated to determine the resistive forces associated with plunger movement. The mean static (fs) and dynamic (fd) forces for polished glass syringes having a ground plunger o...

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...