Pre-injection Alco Swabs, Pack of 100

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A. NCT03131843: Effectiveness of alcohol swabs for preventing infections during vaccination. ( ClinicalTrials ​.gov). Toronto (ON): University of Toronto; 2017 Customers who exceed their credit limits will be asked to pay in advance for additional products and/or services until the account is settled. VWR takes care of sourcing, production, testing, and documentation of your chemicals. We manufacture what you need.

Price on application’ (POA) quotations and all other quotations do not constitute offers and will be valid for 30 days from the date of the quotation, unless otherwise notified by VWR. Nothing in this contract shall limit or exclude VWR’s liability for death or personal injury caused by its negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for VWR to exclude or restrict liability. Subject to this, in view of the responsibilities of the customer set out in the above paragraphs: Aqua, Alcohol Denat., Glycerin, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera), Propylene Glycol.Farla Medical Healthcare Price Match extra guarantees that we will match and better any quotation on any equipment or consumable you might have found for a lower price than ours*. On top of that we will also give you a special gift to thank you for your loyalty. Farla Medical is always looking at ways to add value for you. Various health organizations including the WHO, 1 United Kingdom’s Department of Health, 4 and Australia’s Department of Health 5 have stated that if the skin is visibly clean, disinfecting the skin (or alcohol swabbing) is not necessary and does not reduce infection. To the contrary, the Public Health Agency of Canada 6 advises the practice of cleaning the skin with a suitable antiseptic solution prior to vaccination or injection. Hence, there is ongoing debate whether the continued use of alcohol swabbing is clinically necessary and effective for routine injections or vaccinations. For external use only. Keep away from eyes. Keep out of reach of children. In the unlikely event of skin irritation stop use immediately. Do not use on damaged or inflamed skin or wounds. Warning - Flammable liquid and vapour. Product Specification The customer is responsible for unloading and transporting large and/or heavy items from delivery vans and for supervising the unloading of all other products delivered. Any liability accepted by VWR under this contract is in lieu of any terms implied by law as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of the products and/or the standard of the services and all such implied terms are, to the fullest extent permitted by law, excluded from the contract between VWR and the customer. The customer shall indemnify VWR against any claims made against VWR by the customer’s employees, contractors or agents. Intellectual property rights

VWR shall provide services to the customer in accordance with the specification agreed between them from time to time. Such services will be provided with all reasonable care and skill.Wharton M, Strikas RA, Harpaz R, Rotz LD, Schwartz B, Casey CG, Pearson ML, Anderson LJ; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Wharton M, et al. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003 Apr 4;52(RR-7):1-16. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003. PMID: 12710832 Wharton M, Strikas RA, Harpaz R, Rotz LD, Schwartz B, Casey CG, Pearson ML, Anderson LJ, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003 Apr 4; 52(RR-7):1-16. Government of Canada. Vaccine administration practices. Canadian immunization guide: part 1 - key immunization information. Ottawa (ON): Government of Canada; 2017

The reporting of the RCT was considered well done overall, with a clear description of the objective, patient eligibility criteria, inventions and controls. The outcomes were described; however, most of the outcomes were reported by the parents of the patients (except cellulitis and infectious abscesses which were diagnosed by a pediatrician) rather than an objective assessment of the outcome by a health professional. This subjective approach to reporting outcomes may bias the outcomes; though the authors noted that this would not introduce differential reporting between groups. As patients and the parents were blinded to the treatment group, they would unlikely be influenced differently between groups in their outcome reporting (i.e., the assessment of outcomes is equally flawed across groups). The study reported that approximately 20% of diaries were not returned by parents which may impact the validity and interpretation of results. Furthermore, the authors undertook a post-hoc analysis for both groups regarding the duration of local skin reaction and this analysis was considered justifiable as this outcome was unspecified before the data was seen. 8 Dulong C, Brett K, Argáez C. Skin Preparation for Injections: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines [Internet]. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2020 Mar. VWR has a range of new services designed to streamline your operations, help you make cost savings and manage your laboratory effectively... As your trusted, collaborative partner, Avantor Services helps you increase efficiency, maximise productivity, and accelerate innovation. Evidence from the randomized-controlled trial suggested that alcohol swabbing does not reduce local skin reactions prior to vaccination. The study had reasonable attempts at blinding where possible and described the main outcomes, recruitment process and overall results. There were no statistically significant differences between the alcohol swab group and control group for delayed pain, redness, swelling and warmth to touch while there were no reported cases of cellulitis and infectious abscesses. Post-hoc analysis showed that the duration of pain was statistically significantly higher in the alcohol swab group compared to the control group although the clinical significance of this outcome not discussed by the authors. The study was underpowered to detect differences in the primary outcome of skin infection and instead focused on the differences of local skin reaction between groups. Therefore, the study did not answer the primary outcome and a larger sample size is needed to detect whether alcohol swabbing does reduce the risk of infection. While the authors report that this is one of the first studies to report on the effectiveness of alcohol swabbing prior to vaccinations, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions from a single trial. 8Skin Preparation for Injections: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines S. Chlorhexidine Gluconate for skin preparation during minor procedures: clinical effectiveness and guidelines ( CADTH Rapid Response Report: Summary of Abstracts). Ottawa (ON): CADTH; 2019 S. Alcohol for skin preparation during minor procedures: clinical effectiveness ( CADTH Rapid Response Report: Summary of Abstracts). Ottawa (ON): CADTH; 2019