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EPREUVE DRAIZE [3 records]

Record 1 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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Record 2 1986-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
OBS

Version of the Draize test in which the chemical is rinsed off the skin or the eye after application.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-12-09

English

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

Version of the Draize test in which the skin or eye of the test animal (usually a rat or a rabbit) is not covered after application of the chemical.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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