Drug Contamination
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The Viracept-EMS case: impact and outlook.

10 Nov 2009 This perspective first considers the potential impact of the Viracept-EMS case in the framework of the current understanding of the low-dose effects of DNA-reactive chemicals and the approaches used to estimate health risks from genotoxins occurring ... Read more...

Epidemic of poisoning caused by scopolamine disguised as Rohypnol tablets.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: An epidemic of scopolamine poisonings occurred in Oslo in 2008 among users of illicit drugs, caused by fake Rohypnol pills. The clinical features, diagnostic process, and handling of the epidemic are presented. METHODS: Suspected cases of ... Read more...

Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringes.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: To investigate clusters of Serratia marcescens (SM) bloodstream infections (BSIs) at health care facilities in several states and determine whether contaminated prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution (hereinafter, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Drug Contamination'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The Viracept-EMS case: impact and outlook. 10 Nov 2009
• Epidemic of poisoning caused by scopolamine disguised as Rohypnol tablets. 30 Oct 2009
• Multistate outbreak of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infections caused by contamination of prefilled heparin and isotonic sodium chloride solution syringes. 10 Oct 2009
• American roulette--contaminated dietary supplements. 5 Oct 2009
• Characterization of route specific impurities found in methamphetamine synthesized by the Leuckart and reductive amination methods. 30 Aug 2009
• [Study on insoluble microparticulate contamination at ampoule opening] 30 Aug 2009
• Drug impurity profiling by capillary electrophoresis/mass spectrometry using various ionization techniques. 30 Aug 2009
• Sustained virologic response following HCV eradication in two brothers with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia. 19 Aug 2009
• The Viracept (nelfinavir)--ethyl methanesulfonate case: a threshold risk assessment for human exposure to a genotoxic drug contamination? 16 Aug 2009
• Modelling of patient EMS exposure: translating pharmacokinetics of EMS in vitro and in animals into patients. 16 Aug 2009
• In vivo and in vitro characterization of ethyl methanesulfonate pharmacokinetics in animals and in human. 16 Aug 2009
• Matrix elimination ion chromatography method for trace level azide determination in irbesartan drug. 30 Jul 2009
• Compounding parenteral nutrition: reducing the risks. 30 Jul 2009
• Investigation and control of an outbreak of Enterobacter aerogenes bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit in Fiji. 30 Jul 2009
• Toxic and drug-induced myopathies. 30 Jul 2009
• Isolation and characterization of contaminants in recalled unfractionated heparin and low-molecular-weight heparin. 15 Jul 2009
• Microbiologic assessment of multidose Restylane for facial augmentation. 29 Jun 2009
• Medication-associated diethylene glycol mass poisoning: a review and discussion on the origin of contamination. 29 Jun 2009
• Cocaine adulterants used as marker compounds. 29 Jun 2009
• Raman microscopic applications in the biopharmaceutical industry: in situ identification of foreign particulates inside glass containers with aqueous formulated solutions. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Drug Contamination'

Definition: The presence of organisms, or any foreign material that makes a drug preparation impure.

Descriptor UI: D004340

Alternative terms: Drug Contamination; Contamination, Drug; Contaminations, Drug; Drug Contaminations; Drug Impurity; Drug Adulteration; Adulteration, Drug; Adulterations, Drug; Drug Adulterations;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N06.850.360;

Online Note: use DRUG CONTAMINATION to search DRUG ADULTERATION 1966-76

History Note: 74; DRUG ADULTERATION was heading 1963-76

Technical Notes: can be used for contamination of any Category D term