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Abstract
The study assessed USA based healthcare professionals expectations of acceptable dose accuracy variability of single use (disposable) plastic syringes when used for intravenous injection and oral/enteral delivery of medication and nutrition. The studys primary purpose was to determine if healthcare professionals expect these syringes to be standardized by using a common test method and dose accuracy variability specification, and if so, to what level of variability. The study included several subparts to ascertain the target populations current thinking related to the dose accuracy of these type syringes when used to administer medication or nutrition to neonatal, pediatric and adult patients. This was an online survey that resulted in a total of 357 completed responses. Participants were primarily nurses (50.4%) and pharmacists (41.2%) with only (8.4%) physicians. The results suggest that regardless of the healthcare professionals occupation, they agree the standardization of these type syringes to specific dose accuracy variability specifications is warranted.