Originally Posted by
wsucougarchick05
Do you know if it was saline or not?
I do not believe it is a standard multi-purpose solution. Any regular multi-purpose solution
should be OK coming through.
Originally Posted by
PhlyingRPh
OK. In testing the vapors, are you likely to touch the nozzle of the bottle, thus contaminating the sterile solution inside? Or, is there a way to pour some of the liquid into a receptacle and test it?
No, we are not likely to touch the nozzle of the bottle. Usually the bottle is opened and squeezed a little bit to expel some of the vapors from the inside of the bottle. There is really no need to take any of the liquid from the bottle.
The same procedures are applied to baby food, formula, and breast milk. I always have the person open the container so it can be tested if the lid of the container is not attached, if it is a flip top saline solution bottle, I will just do that myself, as contamination of the lid would be much more difficult. (They worry about contamination but put their child's pacifier in the bin where the person before them had their dirty shoes.
ewww)