Safety first 3: Always label bottles carefully before adding liquids.
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Preparing pharmaceutical bottles (injection bottles = ampoules, infusion bottles) for experiments

Empty injection bottles (= ampoules) 5 ml (Heparin, Enoxaparin) and infusion bottles 50 ml and 100 ml (IMERON Bracco-Byk Gulden) with stoppers are very useful for many experiments. They have to be sterilized in a pressure cooker first. New bottles and stoppers are available in Großhandel für Apotheken-Bedarf.
Material
Photo 1: Empty 5-ml ampoules (broad and high), infusion bottles (50 ml and 100 ml), pliers. Photo 2, 3: Pressure cooker and stoveExperiment
Experiment
1. Removing the metal closures with pliers (ampoules) or by pulling the ring. A pressure cooker can take 14 bottles (100 ml), 10 bottles (50 ml), 84 high and 10 broad ampoules and theit stoppers Photo 2, 3).
2. Sterilization by boiling in this pressure cooker. Leaving for cooling.
3. Removing the labels.


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