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Release of silicone oil droplets from syringes

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2019
Background Intravitreal silicone oil droplets have been found in the vitreous. The aim of this study is to compare the rates of silicone oil released by different brands of commonly used syringes for intravitreal injection after agitation by flicking ...
Gustavo Barreto Melo, Celso de Souza Dias Junior, Mariana Reis Carvalho, Alexandre Lima Cardoso, Fábio Barreto Morais, Ana Carolina Migliorini Figueira, Acácio Alves Souza Lima Filho, Geoffrey Guy Emerson, Maurício Maia   +8 more
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Introducing auto-disable syringes to the national immunization programme in Madagascar

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and coverage benefits of auto-disable (AD) syringes, weighed against the financial and logis- tical costs, and to create appropriate health policies in Madagascar.
Paul K. Drain, Josoa S. Ralaivao, Alexander Rakotonandrasana, Mary A. Carnell   +3 more
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Access to needles and syringes and methadone maintenance therapy among people who inject drugs in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Access to sterile needles, syringes and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is critical to reduce the prevalence of bloodborne virus infections among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Win Lei Yee, Bridget Draper, Kyi Thar Myint, Win Min, Hla Htay, Daniel O’Keefe, Margaret Hellard   +6 more
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A national physician survey on prescribing syringes as an HIV prevention measure

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2009
Background Access to sterile syringes is a proven means of reducing the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, and bacterial infections among injection drug users. In many U.S.
Macalino GE, Sachdev D Dhawan, Rich JD, Becker C, Tan LJ, Beletsky L, Burris S   +6 more
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Examining unsafe injection practices associated with auto-disable (AD) syringes: a systematic review

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Auto-disable (AD) syringes are specifically designed to prevent syringe reuse. However, the notion that specific AD syringe designs may be unsafe due to reuse concerns related to the syringe’s activation point has surfaced.
Anokhi Ali Khan, Mehr Munir, Fatima Miraj, Shayan Imran, Danya Arif Siddiqi, Arshad Altaf, Aamir Javed Khan, Subhash Chandir   +7 more
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Options for reducing HIV transmission related to the dead space in needles and syringes

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background When shared by people who inject drugs, needles and syringes with different dead space may affect the probability of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission differently. Methods We measured dead space in 56 needle and syringe combinations
William A. Zule, Poonam G. Pande, David Otiashvili, Georgiy V. Bobashev, Samuel R. Friedman, V. Anna Gyarmathy, Don C. Des Jarlais   +6 more
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Introducing auto-disable syringes to the national immunization programme in Madagascar

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and coverage benefits of auto-disable (AD) syringes, weighed against the financial and logis- tical costs, and to create appropriate health policies in Madagascar.
Drain Paul K., Ralaivao Josoa S., Rakotonandrasana Alexander, Carnell Mary A.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of a Targeted Intervention Programme on the Risk Behaviours of Injecting Drug Users in India: Evidence From the National Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022
Objectives This study provides insights on the impact of a targeted intervention (TI) programme on behaviour change among injecting drug users (IDUs) in India.
Damodar Sahu, Varsha Ranjan, Nalini Chandra, Saritha Nair, Anil Kumar, Elangovan Arumugam, Mendu Vishnu Vardhana Rao   +6 more
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Use of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method to assess the concentration of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and phenylephrine stored in plastic syringes

Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy, 2023
There are concerns about the potency of epinephrine (EPI), norepinephrine (NE), and phenylephrine (PE) stored in syringes for later infusions in clinical care.
Cohen Alejandro M., Wiseman Luke, Al Faraj Ahmed, Andreou Pantelis, Hall Richard, Neira Victor M.   +5 more
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Comparison of effectiveness of the piston-pump method versus the pressure-infusor method for rapid infusion of crystalloids: A bench study

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2020
Background and Aims: The piston-pump method is a simple method for rapid administration of fluids but some problems are unsolved. We compared the effectiveness of using the piston-pump method with that of the pressure-infusor method.
Wataru Hashimoto, Ichiro Takenaka, Keisuke Yasunami, Tomoko Minami, Haruhiko Sano   +4 more
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