Open AccessAluminum in Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition Products: Measured Versus Labeled Content
Author(s) -
Rob Poole,
Kevin P. Pieroni,
Shabnam Gaskari,
Tessa K. Dixon,
KT Park,
John A. Kerner
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-16.2.92
Subject(s) - parenteral nutrition , compounding , contamination , aluminium , product (mathematics) , medicine , materials science , metallurgy , surgery , mathematics , pharmacology , ecology , geometry , biology
Aluminum is a contaminant in all parenteral nutrition solutions. Manufacturers currently label these products with the maximum aluminum content at the time of expiry, but there are no published data to establish the actual measured concentration of aluminum in parenteral nutrition solution products prior to being compounded in the clinical setting. This investigation assessed quantitative aluminum content of products commonly used in the formulation of parenteral nutrition solutions. The objective of this study is to determine the best products to be used when compounding parenteral nutrition solutions (i.e., those with the least amount of aluminum contamination).