nearly 1 percent “sometimes or always” reuse a syringe but change the needle for use on a second patient; and fifteen percent reported reuse of a syringe to enter a multi-dose vial.

The prefilled syringe requires fewer preparation steps than the vial. A prefilled syringe formulation of Elyea (aflibercept injection) has been made available by Regeneron. Eylea, a vascular ...

Steqeyma is now supplied as a 45mg/0.5mL solution in a single-dose vial for subcutaneous injection for pediatric patients weighing less than 60kg. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a ...

President Joe Biden has promised enough COVID vaccine to immunize every willing adult by June 1. But right now, the gap between supply and demand is so dramatic that vaccinators are discovering ways ...

Originally, each vial of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine was designed to contain five doses, but some pharmacists reported they could extract six doses when using certain syringes. As a result, the FDA ...

An important role in the project was played by Schubert’s in-house Packaging Competence Center, where experts in packaging ...

"Reducing risk to patients from unsafe injection practices will require surveillance, oversight, enforcement, and provider and patient education," said Gina Pugliese, RN, MS, vice president of the ...