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2014-06-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Shortage of Medical Saline causes hospital problems in USA

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Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-27 08:48|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 This can be made on site if necessary? Expensive, but it can be done?

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-27 11:05|| 2014-06-27 11:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Expensive, but it can be done?
Just a matter of time, personnel, equipment and $. Cost per unit might well be 10X (or more) than what they are used to paying, however.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-06-27 11:15|| 2014-06-27 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 No, can't be done on site. JACHO rules prohibit that because of the (real) risk of infection.

Posted by Steve White 2014-06-27 12:01|| 2014-06-27 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 The FDA does more harm than good.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-06-27 12:19|| 2014-06-27 12:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Government Regulation - so bad it even screws up the making of salt water.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-27 12:20|| 2014-06-27 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 ObamaCare solution: "rub some dirt on it, Johnny"

Posted by Frank G 2014-06-27 14:14|| 2014-06-27 14:14|| Front Page Top

#7 I expect the "rules" may be relaxed should a hospital's cupboard become bare. Sharing & swapping can only go so far.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-06-27 16:08|| 2014-06-27 16:08|| Front Page Top

#8 That's cuz the Nazi ghoul people are using for experiments!

Posted by Speregum Fillmore3332 2014-06-27 18:48|| 2014-06-27 18:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Wez been found out!

Posted by Der Toffeewaffen 2014-06-27 19:24|| 2014-06-27 19:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Way back when, my wife had some of the earliest contact lenses. And found her eyes sensitive to the preservatives in the only available saline. So I got a bottle of reagent NaCl and a jug of distilled water and mixed it up myself a pint at a time. She can still see, so I guess I did it ok. Cost a lot less too, not insignificant to a starving grad student.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-06-27 19:38|| 2014-06-27 19:38|| Front Page Top

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