Focus on infusion pollution
Extract:
“Around 15 years ago, clinicians and researchers started to voice their concerns about the number of particles that are below the regulated sizes in infusion therapy. These are likely to affect the most vulnerable patients of all – those on the intensive care unit (ICU).
Chapter <788> of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), Particulate Matter in Injections, defines particulate matter as “mobile undissolved particles, other than gas bubbles, unintentionally present in the solutions.”
This blog focuses on current knowledge regarding particles associated with water and air pollution and compares this knowledge to what we know about particles in infusion therapy – or simply called “infusion pollution”.
