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E3 TM IV containers
Ergonomic Eco-Friendly Economic
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E3 TM IV containers pt. 2
No over wrap, 1 handed hanger tab, 2D barcode, rounded shoulders, seamless design, not made/w PVC,DEHP or natural rubber latex
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DEHP ?
- • Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is a Plasticizers
- of PVC (polyvinyl chloride).
- • Plasticizers give PVC flexibility, strength
- and bondability.
- • DEHP is currently the only phthalate used
- in PVC medical devices.
- • By weight PVC based medical devices
- contain 20-40% DEHP.
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How are patients exposed to
DEHP?
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- DEHP does not chemically bind to PVC.
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- DEHP may leach from plasticized PVC
- when a medical device comes into contact
- with fluids, lipids and heat.
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- The rate of leaching depends on storage
- conditions (temperature, contact, time
- agitation)
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Exposure DEHP
- The most highly DEHP exposed patients
- are neonates in the neonatal intensive
- care unit.
- • Based on weight
- • Receive medical procedures that require
- hours or days
- – Hemodialysis, blood transfusions,
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,
- endotracheal tubes, TPN, or enteral feedings
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What are the health effects of
DEHP?
- DEHP is a reproductive and
- developmental toxicant in lab testing.
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- Reduced sperm numbers*
- • It interferes with testosterone synthesis
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- Questionable effects on liver and lungs
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- Risk of bronchopulmonary
- dysplasia
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PVC and Dioxins
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- PVC is a major source of chlorine in
- medical waste incinerators.
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- Chlorine is necessary in formation of dioxin
- pollution.
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- Dioxins are a group of persistent very toxic
- chemicals
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- They modulate and disrupt growth factors,
- hormones, enzymes, developmental processes. In
- animals dioxins cause cancer.
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Fahrenheit to Celsius
- (Fahrenheit -32) x 5/9
- or
- (Fahrenheit -32)/1.8
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Celsius to Fahrenheit
(Celsius x 1.8) + 32.0
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