[Dysphagia] barium capsules

[bkcole at erols.com (Barbara Cole)]

We have our pharmacy make up a batch of 50 to 100 barium filled capsules.
We ask them to pack them densely and they are stored in a large medicine
bottle.  They seem to last a long time and the capsules come close to many
(in terms of size) of the meds our patients take--a little larger if
anything.  This has worked very well for us and certainly doesn't cost much.
Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clarke-Goertz, Kim (PAPHR)" <kgoertz@paphr.sk.ca>
To: "Dysphagia listserv (E-mail)" <dysphagia@b9.com>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 1:56 PM
Subject: [Dysphagia] barium capsules


> For any of you out there that use capsules of powdered barium in your VFSS
> protocol, can you tell me if you fill the capsule before each study or if
> you fill several and store them so they're ready ahead of time.  If so,
how
> do you store them and how long?
> Thanks,
> Kim
>
>
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