These solutions are prepared with heparin sodium following the USP standard for compounding sterile preparations. They are available in 10mL and 50mL vials, optionally with Instech’s needlefree PinPort™ technology built into the caps. If you are working with Instech Vascular Access Buttons™ or PinPorts™ you will be able draw up solutions from these vials using a PNP3M injector.
Heparinized glycerol and heparinized dextrose are commonly used catheter lock solutions in laboratory animal research thanks in part to their performance in the “Comparison of Catheter Lock Solutions in Rats” paper by Dr. Luo et al in 2000. When working with these viscous compounds with relatively high concentrations of heparin, you must be mindful of the catheter dead volume and careful not to inject any into the animal.
USP-HDS-500-50-VYP-1 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% dextrose, one 50ml vial, yellow, PinPort access
USP-HGS-500-50-VB-1 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% glycerol, one 50ml vial, blue
USP-HGS-500-50-VBP-1 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% glycerol, one 50ml vial, blue, PinPort access
USP-HDS-500-10-VY-5 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% dextrose, five 10ml vials, yellow
USP-HDS-500-10-VYP-5 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% dextrose, five 10ml vials, yellow, PinPort access
USP-HGS-500-10-VB-5 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% glycerol, five 10ml vials, blue
USP-HGS-500-10-VBP-5 Sterile catheter lock solution, heparin (500 USP units/ml) in 50% glycerol, five 10ml vials, blue, PinPort access