Lost bits: Particle shedding with polyvinyl chloride intravenous administration sets

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 658-661

  Subramanian, Peter ^a   Ainsworth, Paul ^b   Cassey, John ^a   Phelan, David ^c  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intravenous infusion sets; Particles; Polyvinyl chloride tubing; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILTER; FLOW RATE; INFUSION PUMP; INFUSION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; LAMINAR FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP DESIGN; TUBE;

EID: 0036929050     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0753-z     Document Type: Article

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