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DRAIZE TEST [2 records]

Record 1 2017-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

A test designed to determine if a substance causes irritation or toxicity on contact, performed by dropping a solution of the test substance into one eye of an albino rabbit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

Le test de Draize réalisé sur l'œil de lapin, actuellement le seul exigé par les réglementations pour évaluer l'irritation oculaire, fait l'objet depuis de nombreuses années de critiques de la part des scientifiques et des sociétés protectrices des animaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Toxicology
DEF

A test designed to determine if a substance causes irritation or toxicity on contact, performed by dropping a solution of the test substance into one eye of an albino rabbit.

OBS

Blistering, inflammation, or necrosis is a positive result, provided only the opposite eye, exposed only to a solvent, shows no such reaction.

OBS

"Draize test" [is] a test for skin or eye irritation ... described in volume 82 of "The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics" .... [Source: Hazardous Products Act, Controlled Products Regulations.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Toxicologie

Spanish

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