PP Multi-Chamber Bags Increase Parenteral Safety

The multi-chamber bags developed by Technoflex are made of a polypropylene-based film with a high oxygen barrier. This particular property protects amino acids against oxidation, the main factor in their degradation.

The bags are compartmentalised into two or three chambers containing macronutrients in the form of binary mixtures (glucose and amino acids) or ternary mixtures (lipids, amino acids and glucose). These standard mixtures are suitable for the majority of patients. To prevent the inevitable interactions between some of these macronutrients, peelable welds (removable thermo-welds) are put in place to separate them from each other. In order to reconstitute the mixture, the welds are simply squeezed by hand to break them.

Multi-chamber bags offer many advantages. They enhance patient safety as they reduce handling and thus the risks of contamination of the nutritional mixture. They bring down the waiting time linked to the opening hours of manufacturing units (the solutions are prepared in hospital pharmacies). The drugs can therefore be dispensed by healthcare staff as soon as they are prescribed. The bags also come in more extensive ranges with simplified storage conditions. All these advantages have allowed the widespread use of these ready-to-use parenteral nutrition bags in hospitals but also in healthcare at home.

Booth 2457, INTERPHEX 2014, 18–20 March 2014, Javits Center in New York City, US.

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