The effect of PVC packaging on the acidity of 0.9% saline

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-292

  Story, D A ^a,b   Thistlethwaite, P ^a   Bellomo, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

ELECTROLYTES: sodium chloride, polyvinyl chloride, acid, contamination

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; INFUSION FLUID; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; PACKAGING; PH;

EID: 0034023819     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0002800306     Document Type: Article

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