Found it:-
Abstract below
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Biological tissue adhesive for multiple use in the accident and emergency
department
Claire Gerrard, Steve Moore and Brendan Ryan
Accident and Emergency Department,
Wythenshawe Hospital,
Southmoor Road,
Manchester
Abstract
Objective-To assess the strength of the glue and microbial contamination
over 28 days from opening a vial of tissue adhesive in the accident and
emergency setting, and to quantify cost savings of repeated use of the
vials.
Method-(1) Strips of reinforced nylon and a specially constructed piece of
apparatus designed to measure the force at which the glue gave way were used
to measure the strength of the tissue adhesive at various times after the
glue was opened to assess if the glue strength deteriorated over time. (2)
Microbial contamination of the glue was assessed.
Results-There was no deterioration in the glue strength over time. There was
no evidence of microbial contamination of the glue.
Conclusion-Cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive can safely be reused for a period
of 28 days after opening with no risk of degradation of glue strength or
contamination with micro-organisms. In our department this represents a
potential saving of £5400 per year.
Keywords: biological tissue adhesive
Simon Carley
SpR in Emergency Medicine
Manchester Royal Infirmary
England
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: reuse of wound glue
> I am convinved that I have seen a paper on glue that
> looked at
>
> 1. Tensile strength
> 2. Whether you could grow anything from it
>
> over a period of 3 weeks
>
> However, I can find nothing on Medline nor in the
> conference abstracts from the FAEM meeting (though I
> think some posters did not make it into the abstracts
> published in JAEM).
>
> Does anyone else remember this or am I hallucinating
> over research projects (again).
>
> Simon
> Simon Carley
> SpR in Emergency Medicine
> http://www.bestbets.org
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