STUDY OBJECTIVES In adults, arterial blood samples are usually drawn using plastic syringes. In contrast to glass syringes, plastic syringes let oxygen diffuse through their wall. This results in PO(2) changes during storage, especially when PO(2) is high. An alternative to glass syringes is the Microsampler (Roche Diagnostics; Schaffhausen, Switzerland), a commercially available device consist...

PURPOSE The direct influence of environmental cleanliness and risk manipulations on prepared syringes was evaluated. METHODS Media-fill testing was used to estimate potential microbial contamination. Syringes were prepared in three different environments using four different uncontrolled high-risk manipulations. The three environments included an International Organization for Standardization...

BACKGROUND Dental procedures involve contact between instruments and the patient's tissues, blood or saliva. This study evaluated the efficacy of the standardized sterilization of non-disposable air/water syringe tips and corrosion and contaminant build-up in these tips. METHODS The bacterial contamination of single-use and multiple-use non-disposable air/water syringe tips after routine use ...

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...

AIM How an appropriate safety syringe was chosen, how the change-over to it was achieved and what outcome measures were used to measure the effectiveness of this change. INTRODUCTION One third of all reported sharps injuries in dental practice are due to the use of non disposable dental syringes with most injuries being sustained during removal and disposal of the disposable needle from the n...

A forced convection gas-fired oven has been designed which will sterilize a very heavy load of syringes and instruments and containers. It is superior to a gas-fired, infrared, radiant-heated oven which was designed for sterilizing syringes.