Letter: Imported sterile water.

Sterile water for injection field technology (SWIFT).

Imported water risk: the case of the UK

While thewater dependency of water-scarce nations is well understood, this is not the case for countries in temperate and humid climates, even though various studies have shown thatmany of such countries strongly rely on the import of water-intensive commodities from elsewhere. In this studywe introduce amethod to evaluate the sustainability and efficiency of the external water footprint (WF) o...

Tap Water vs. Sterile Saline for Wound Irrigation.

Narrative: Various solutions are available for use in wound irrigation. It has been suggested that normal saline may be preferable because of its isotonicity and sterility. This review examines tap water as an alternative to normal saline for wound cleansing and prevention of subsequent infection. A Cochrane review, including three studies of adults and two studies of children, compared the rat...

Treatment of renal colic using intracutaneous injection of sterile water.

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the intracutaneous injection of sterile water in the treatment of renal colic. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred patients with renal colic were randomly divided into two groups of 50 patients and underwent the treatment. In the first (study) group 0.5 ml of sterile water and in the control group, 0.5 ml of normal saline was intradermally injected. The severity of pain...

Stability of azacitidine in sterile water for injection.

BACKGROUND The product monograph for azacitidine states that once reconstituted, the drug may be held for only 30 min at room temperature or 8 h at 4°C. Standard doses result in wastage of a portion of each vial, and the cost of this wastage is significant, adding about $156 000 to annual drug expenditures at the authors' institution. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the stability of azacitidine after r...