| Subject: | FDA Safety Precautions for Huber Needles |
| Category: | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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| Published: | Fri, 5 Mar 2010 - 10:00 am |
| The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare professionals about safety precautions to be used with Huber needles, used to access ports implanted in chronically ill patients to withdraw blood and infuse medication and other solutions.According to the FDA Huber needles should be designed to penetrate a port without cutting or dislodging any silicone slivers or cores from the port. Coring can damage a port and cause leakage. In addition, if a silicone core enters a patient's... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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