testing eye drops
Jun 29, 2012, 12:45 pm
#31
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 20
thank you all for the replies to this thread,
when i next travel to the usa i will ask my doc to give me extra drops and put them in my checked bag, then if they open the ones in my carry on i will be able to tell them to put them in the bin as i will not be using them.
this from tsa site
You must request a visual inspection before the screening process begins; otherwise your medications and supplies will undergo X-ray inspection.
If you would like to take advantage of this option, please have your medication and associated supplies separated from your other property in a separate pouch/bag when you approach the Security Officer at the walk-through metal detector.
Request the visual inspection and hand your medication pouch/bag to the Security Officer.
In order to prevent contamination or damage to medication and associated supplies and/or fragile medical materials, you will be asked at the security checkpoint to display, handle, and repack your own medication and associated supplies during the visual inspection process.Any medication and/or associated supplies that cannot be cleared visually must be submitted for X-ray screening. If you refuse, you will not be permitted to carry your medications and related supplies into the sterile area.
my bold
reading the tsa web site they are wrong to open any medication themselves
when i next travel to the usa i will ask my doc to give me extra drops and put them in my checked bag, then if they open the ones in my carry on i will be able to tell them to put them in the bin as i will not be using them.
this from tsa site
You must request a visual inspection before the screening process begins; otherwise your medications and supplies will undergo X-ray inspection.
If you would like to take advantage of this option, please have your medication and associated supplies separated from your other property in a separate pouch/bag when you approach the Security Officer at the walk-through metal detector.
Request the visual inspection and hand your medication pouch/bag to the Security Officer.
In order to prevent contamination or damage to medication and associated supplies and/or fragile medical materials, you will be asked at the security checkpoint to display, handle, and repack your own medication and associated supplies during the visual inspection process.Any medication and/or associated supplies that cannot be cleared visually must be submitted for X-ray screening. If you refuse, you will not be permitted to carry your medications and related supplies into the sterile area.
my bold
reading the tsa web site they are wrong to open any medication themselves
Jun 29, 2012, 1:14 pm
#32
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Nashville, TN
Programs: WN Nothing and spending the half million points from too many flights, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 8,043
Jun 29, 2012, 1:16 pm
#33
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,444
Believe what you like, no one here is going to stop you. I have used the strips and can say as a professional that they work just fine. Peroxides are the easiest to detect, some others not so much.
You might want to look over the link. I have used this one several times, its an interesting little device that worked but didnt quite meet TSAs needs.
You might want to look over the link. I have used this one several times, its an interesting little device that worked but didnt quite meet TSAs needs.
I stated "There is no test strip that can detect peroxides in the air above a liquid flask."
This device is neither a test strip nor detects peroxides. My case still stands.
Here is another one that is in use in many airports, read that link as well. Its always nice to have the facts available.
My case still stands.
My case still stands.
I detect peroxides for a living. I have done my research (in actual scientific publications, not company websites, by the way), and your links just provide further evidence that "There is no test strip that can detect peroxides in the air above a liquid flask."
Jun 29, 2012, 1:28 pm
#34
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Nashville, TN
Programs: WN Nothing and spending the half million points from too many flights, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 8,043
My case still stands.
I detect peroxides for a living. I have done my research (in actual scientific publications, not company websites, by the way), and your links just provide further evidence that "There is no test strip that can detect peroxides in the air above a liquid flask."
I detect peroxides for a living. I have done my research (in actual scientific publications, not company websites, by the way), and your links just provide further evidence that "There is no test strip that can detect peroxides in the air above a liquid flask."
^
Jun 29, 2012, 6:56 pm
#35
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,728
Since hydrogen peroxide is the #1 "eye drops" issue the TSA seems to have, it might be worth pointing out that on decomposition, 2H2O2 -> 2H20 + O2.
A useless test for a "test strip" that would be waved in the air over the container. Even if there was one.
Jun 29, 2012, 7:26 pm
#36
Join Date: Jul 2006
Programs: United
Posts: 2,710
Might want to simplify that a bit.
Since hydrogen peroxide is the #1 "eye drops" issue the TSA seems to have, it might be worth pointing out that on decomposition, 2H2O2 -> 2H20 + O2.
A useless test for a "test strip" that would be waved in the air over the container. Even if there was one.
Since hydrogen peroxide is the #1 "eye drops" issue the TSA seems to have, it might be worth pointing out that on decomposition, 2H2O2 -> 2H20 + O2.
A useless test for a "test strip" that would be waved in the air over the container. Even if there was one.
4H2O2 -> 2H20 + 2O2
?
Jun 30, 2012, 1:32 am
#39
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 569
I suspect that the air waving strip is literally a bit of 'stage magic' pulled from a mentalist handbook. If you thought that such a strip could work, then some concern would show on your face as they 'tested' your peroxide laden latte that you've been pretending to drink etc.
It's all theatre - even to the shills planted in the FT forums.
Jun 30, 2012, 7:27 am
#41
Suspended
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 3,728
If anything, it'd be "minutes," from the time they opened the closet to get the mop and drag it into the bathroom before quitting because what they were about to do represented real work.
Jun 30, 2012, 9:57 am
#42
Join Date: Oct 2011
Programs: Ham Sandwich Medallion
Posts: 889
Jun 30, 2012, 11:03 am
#43
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Nashville, TN
Programs: WN Nothing and spending the half million points from too many flights, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 8,043
Jul 2, 2012, 11:43 am
#45
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 1,444
I doubt your logic will have any affect on our 'esteemed' representative of the TSA.
I suspect that the air waving strip is literally a bit of 'stage magic' pulled from a mentalist handbook. If you thought that such a strip could work, then some concern would show on your face as they 'tested' your peroxide laden latte that you've been pretending to drink etc.
It's all theatre - even to the shills planted in the FT forums.
I suspect that the air waving strip is literally a bit of 'stage magic' pulled from a mentalist handbook. If you thought that such a strip could work, then some concern would show on your face as they 'tested' your peroxide laden latte that you've been pretending to drink etc.
It's all theatre - even to the shills planted in the FT forums.
1. TSA purchases thousands of test strips to detect peroxides because they are (unjustifiably, in my opinion) afraid of peroxides.
2. TSOs find out the hard way that passengers donīt like them to dip the strips into their drinks/medicines/etc.
3. Higher TSA power decides to use strips in alternate "waving above flask" manner, without regard for the methodological principles behind the test strips.
4. Testing is deemed a success, because no planes explode because of peroxides.