Topical drugs are applied directly to the skin surface. They include lotions, pastes, ointments, creams, powders, shampoos, patches, and aer...
Showing posts with label Drug Administration. Show all posts
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Eye Medications
Eye medications—drops, ointments, and disks—serve diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. During an eye examination, eyedrops can be used t...
How to Insert and Remove an Eye Medication Disk
Small and flexible, an oval eye medication disk consists of three layers: two soft outer layers and a middle layer that contains the medicat...
Handheld Oropharyngeal Inhalers
Handheld inhalers include the metered dose inhaler (or nebulizer), the turbo-inhaler, and the nasal inhaler. These devices deliver topical m...
Eardrops
Eardrops may be instilled to treat infection and inflammation, soften cerumen for later removal, produce local anesthesia, or facilitate rem...
Secondary I.V. Lines
A secondary I.V. line is a complete I.V. set—container, tubing, and microdrip or macrodrip system—connected to the lower Y-port (seconda...
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