Saline and glucose out of date.

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timff
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Saline and glucose out of date.

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Hi Guys, Wondering what the general thoughts are about if its safe to use saline and glucose when its out of date ?
I've a few bottle of both that when I looked now said use by 5/2020, so um its about 2 to 3 months out of date. I'd like to use it but if its not a sdafe thing to do guess I better bin it.
If anyone has used out of date by few months be good to know if it was ok.
Cheers Tim.
5Lsal
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Re: Saline and glucose out of date.

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Food isn't rotten the day after it "expires" and people eat it anyways right? Not the same thing here, you're injecting it into your body, not passing it through your digestive tract. No, it's not like it's all of a sudden going to be toxic the day after but this is one of those things where you're better safe then sorry. I've never used expired product myself. Not something I'm going to take a chance on...
timff
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Re: Saline and glucose out of date.

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Hi 5Lsal, Thank you for your reply , think I better bin it then.
Opie
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Re: Saline and glucose out of date.

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There FDA extended IV bag expiration dates by 6 months due to shortage.
moose1980
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Don't risk it
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DrDeadDick
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Re: Saline and glucose out of date.

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Water, salt and sugar CANNOT go out of date.
Has to do with government mandated dates for "food" expiry. Eg Best before ...
Pertains to any packaged or bottled food/drink we consume.

Don't worry about it.

:D

BTW I make my own saline and Dex.
Never had a problem.
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SFBallpumper
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Don’t risk it to save a few dollars.
It’s the pleasure of the pressure...
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