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Expired Epinephrine Maintains Chemical Concentration and Sterility.

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Abstract
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Epinephrine shortages affect nearly all American emergency medical services (EMS) systems. Utilization of expired epinephrine could mitigate this situation in daily EMS operations. Concerns about using expired medications include sterility, potency, and potential harmful chemical decay byproducts. There are no cross-platform analyses of sterility and chemical purity of multiple samples of expired parenteral epinephrine. We hypothesized that epinephrine injections will remain sterile and will retain their active ingredient's content for more than 30 months past expiration.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors
Number of Pages
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1-5
Date Published
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2018
ISSN Number
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1090-3127
DOI
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10.1080/10903127.2017.1402109
Short Title
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Prehosp Emerg Care
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