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heparin lock [4 records]

Record 1 2003-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
DEF

A wing-tipped needle or plastic catheter fitted with an injection port, which must be flushed with a heparin solution to keep it free of clots once IV bolus or piggyback medication has been administered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
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Record 2 2003-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
DEF

A small plastic tubing with one end to be inserted into an intravenous catheter, and the other one, which is self-sealing, used for injected medications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
  • Inyecciones, intubación y transfusiones (Medicina)
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Record 3 1999-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
OBS

Pour certains, le terme «heparin lock» désigne une technique, qui consiste à assurer la perméabilité du dispositif d'injection intermittente en y injectant une solution héparinée entre les divers temps d'administration du médicament.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacy
DEF

A standard solution of heparin sodium labelled to indicate it is intended for maintenance of patency as intravenous injection devices only, and is not to be used for anticoagulant therapy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacie
DEF

Solution qui, après administration d'un médicament, sert à empêcher la formation de caillots dans le dispositif d'injection intermittente.

Spanish

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