Sterile Oral Syringe for Inhaled Meds?

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Hera Djihanian
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Sterile Oral Syringe for Inhaled Meds?

HI All-Just sending a f/u email on this topic..

How do you draw up a patient-specific dose of an inhaled med? It is my understanding that the product needs to remain sterile, therefore doses should be drawn up in an ISO Class 5 environment into a sterile syringe. I cannot find any "sterile" oral syringes, however...

1. Are you drawing up inhaled meds in your IV room hood?

2. Do you dispense them in an IV syringe or an oral syringe?

3. If you do use oral syringes, are you using a STERILE oral syringe? If so, what manufacturer are you using?

thank you for taking time to respond!

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