Particulate contamination in parenteral nutrition solutions: Still a cause for concern?

Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 926-929

  Ball, Patrick A ^a   Bethune, Kathryn ^a,c   Fox, Jeremy ^a   Ledger, Robin ^a   Barnett, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admixture; Contamination; Microscopy; Parenteral nutrition; Particle

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; LIPID EMULSION; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN; SILICON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFUSION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROSCOPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; CHILD; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035663033     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(01)00708-0     Document Type: Article

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