Surgical site infections cause significant postoperative morbidity and increased healthcare costs. Bioadhesives used to fill surgical voids and support wound healing are typically devoid of antibacterial activity. Here we report novel syringe-injectable bioadhesive hydrogels with inherent antibacterial properties prepared from mixing polydextran aldehyde and branched polyethylenimine. These adh...

Infusion devices for continuous and precise drug administration are indispensable tools in anaesthesia and critical care medicine. Problems such as start-up delays, non-continuous flow and susceptibility to hydrostatic pressure changes at low infusion rates resulting in accidental bolus release or prolonged flow interruption are inherent to current infusion technology. In order to improve preci...

AIM To determine whether syringe exchange programs' (SEPs) dispensation policy is associated with syringe coverage among SEP clients. DESIGN Cross-sectional samples of SEPs and their clients. SETTING SEPs in California, USA. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-four SEPs and their injection drug using (IDU) clients (n = 1576). MEASUREMENTS Clients were classified as having adequate syringe coverage if t...

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 ...

Microcellular injection molding using supercritical fluid (SCF) as blowing agent attracts more and more interests. There are still many difficulties in microcellular injection molding, such as decreasing equipment cost, controlling cellular morphology, and increasing feasibility. In this work, primary microcellular injection molding experiments were carried out on newly-developed equipment, whi...

The authors present in this brief note a technique to facilitate the introduction of high viscosity bone cement into a cement syringe for retrograde high pressure cementing during total hip or revision knee arthroplasty. The nozzle part of the syringe is connected to the suction device used intra-operatively, to achieve a negative pressure in the syringe. Introduction of the cement into the syr...

Fit the nozzle of a 4 oz. or 8 oz. glass syringe into a Jacques' catheter of the required size and charge the catheter and the syringe with weak iodine solution. Introduce the catheter into the bottom of the cavity to be drained. Inject the solution slowly into it and draw the contents of the cavity into the syringe. Take the syringe out, leaving the catheter still in the cavity, and throw out ...