Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Search in posts
Search in pages
Filter by Categories
Authors’ Reply
BRIDGING THE GAP
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
BRIEF REPORT
Case Report
Case Reports
Case Series
CME
CME ARTICLE
CME articles - Practice points
COMMENTARY
CONFERENCE REPORT
CONTROVERSY
Correspondence
Correspondences
CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY
DRUG REVIEW
E-CHAT
Editorial
EDITORIAL COMMENTARY
ERRATUM
ETHICAL HOTLINE
ETHICS
Field: Evolution of dermatologic surgergy
FOCUS
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF INDIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATO SURGERY
From the Editor's Desk
FROM THE LITERATURE
GUEST EDITORIAL
Guidelines
Images in Clinical Practice
Images in Dermatosurgery
INNOVATION
Innovations
INVITED COMMENTARY
JCAS Symposium
LETTER
Letter to Editor
Letter to the Editor
LETTERS
Message from the President
NEW HORIZON
Original Article
Practice Point
Practice Points
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH
QUIZ
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Resident’s Page
Review
Review Article
Review Articles
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Spot the Diagnosis [Quiz]
STUDY
SURGICAL PEARL
SYMPOSIUM
Symposium—Lasers
Symposium: Hair in Dermatology
Symposium: Lasers Review Article
View Point
VIEWPOINT
VIEWPOINTS
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Search in posts
Search in pages
Filter by Categories
Authors’ Reply
BRIDGING THE GAP
BRIEF COMMUNICATION
BRIEF REPORT
Case Report
Case Reports
Case Series
CME
CME ARTICLE
CME articles - Practice points
COMMENTARY
CONFERENCE REPORT
CONTROVERSY
Correspondence
Correspondences
CUTANEOUS PATHOLOGY
DRUG REVIEW
E-CHAT
Editorial
EDITORIAL COMMENTARY
ERRATUM
ETHICAL HOTLINE
ETHICS
Field: Evolution of dermatologic surgergy
FOCUS
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF INDIAN JOURNAL OF DERMATO SURGERY
From the Editor's Desk
FROM THE LITERATURE
GUEST EDITORIAL
Guidelines
Images in Clinical Practice
Images in Dermatosurgery
INNOVATION
Innovations
INVITED COMMENTARY
JCAS Symposium
LETTER
Letter to Editor
Letter to the Editor
LETTERS
Message from the President
NEW HORIZON
Original Article
Practice Point
Practice Points
PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH
QUIZ
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Resident’s Page
Review
Review Article
Review Articles
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Spot the Diagnosis [Quiz]
STUDY
SURGICAL PEARL
SYMPOSIUM
Symposium—Lasers
Symposium: Hair in Dermatology
Symposium: Lasers Review Article
View Point
VIEWPOINT
VIEWPOINTS
View/Download PDF

Translate this page into:

Innovations
ARTICLE IN PRESS
doi:
10.4103/JCAS.JCAS_195_22

A novel use of glass vial as a safe ampoule opener

Department of Dermatology, Mukhtar Skin Centre, Katihar, Bihar, India
Department of Pedodontics, Career Institute of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

*Corresponding author: Muhammed Mukhtar, Department of Dermatology, Mukhtar Skin Centre, Katihar Medical College Road, Katihar, Bihar, India. drmmukhtar20@gmail.com

Licence
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.

How to cite this article: Mukhtar M, Mukhtar S. A novel use of glass vial as a safe ampoule opener. J Cutan Aesthet Surg. doi: 10.4103/JCAS. JCAS_195_22

Keywords

Ampoule
biopsy punch
contamination
dentistry
dermatosurgery
finger
glass particulate
injury
intralesional
opener

PROBLEM STATEMENT

In minor dermatologic surgery, dentistry for intralesional injection treatment, ampoules of local anesthetic agents, normal saline, distilled water, sodium bicarbonate solution, 5-Fluorourocil injection, and other substances are commonly used. However, if an appropriate tool is not used, fingers can get hurt while opening the ampoules. The ampoules have been opened using an ampoule opener and a syringe tube.1,2 A syringe tube, however, cannot be used to open all types of ampoules. Second, if the ampoule becomes crushed, the medicine should not be injected with that syringe tube. Third, because the tube is composed of plastic, if the ampoule head is not correctly positioned in the tube, it may slip. Fourth, the ampoule opener is not readily available. An optimal-sized injectable antibiotic vial is used to minimize hand damage while opening an ampoule.

RECOMMENDED SOLUTION

A biopsy punch device is used to punch out the vial’s rubber cap. Following that, the ampoule head is put into the vial cap and manually opened using fingers or another decapped vial [Videos 1 and 2]. The drug is then withdrawn from the ampoule into the syringe [Figure 1a-f]. Ampoule heads are gathered in the ampoule-opening vial. Thus, the utilized antibiotic vial is more adaptable, shock absorber due to the rubber cap, is an easily accessible opener for ampoules with safety, and reduces the possibility of dermatologists’ and clinic assistants’ hands being injured. Avoid aspirating the bottom part of the medication to avoid glass particle contamination.

Video 1:

Video 1:Technique for using single vial for safe ampoule opening.

Video 2:

Video 2:Technique for using two vials for safe ampoule opening.
(a-f) a used vial of an antibiotic is procured for opening glass ampoules with safety.
Figure 1:
(a-f) a used vial of an antibiotic is procured for opening glass ampoules with safety.

Authors’ contributions

Muhammed Mukhtar: Concepts, Design, Definition of intellectual content, Literature search, Manuscript preparation, Manuscript Editing, and Manuscript review. Sofia Mukhtar: Concepts, Design, Definition of intellectual content, Literature search, Manuscript preparation, Manuscript Editing, and Manuscript review.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

Videos available on:

https://jcasonline.com/

Financial support and sponsorship

Nil.

References

  1. , . A device facilitating the opening of ampoules. Anal Biochem. 1988;171:409-10.
    [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  2. , , , . Syringe tube as ampoule opener: A safe, simple, and effective tool in dermatologic surgery. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022;86:e101-2.
    [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Show Sections