Casella Claudio, Cornelli Umberto, Zanoni Giuseppe, Moncayo Pablo, Ramos-Guerrero Luis
Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, IL 60153, USA.
Toxics. 2025 Jul 16;13(7):597. doi: 10.3390/toxics13070597.
The rising incidence of microplastics (MPs) is a possible health risk to humans. The present study aims to analyze the presence of MPs in intravenous (IV) infusions and compare MP concentrations from multiple brands. The IV solutions of 29 medical devices (IV-MDs) from seven brands commercialized in Ecuador, Spain, and Italy have been selected under specific consideration to carry out the study. The detection of MPs has been quite obvious in almost all of the samples from brands in the mentioned countries. MP concentrations ranged from 9 to 20 MPs/L in glass containers to 166-299 MPs/L in plastic bags, with the majority of fragments (63%) on fibres (37%) and more than 60% of particles less than 100 µm. Nine different types of MPs were identified in this study. High clinical risk was indicated by markings with >200 MPs/L. Nevertheless, the medium polymeric danger index (PHI) was 1.7. According to these outcomes, IV infusion is a direct exposure to MPs that may have harmful medical repercussions. It is imperative that MPs' limitations be included in pharmacopoeic monographs and in vivo toxicological and epidemiological studies. The present study aims to analyze the presence of MPs in IV-MDs and compare MP concentrations from multiple IV-MD brands.
微塑料(MPs)发生率的上升对人类健康可能构成风险。本研究旨在分析静脉输液(IV)中微塑料的存在情况,并比较多个品牌的微塑料浓度。在厄瓜多尔、西班牙和意大利商业化的七个品牌的29种医疗器械(IV-MDs)的静脉输液溶液被特别挑选出来用于开展本研究。在所提及国家的品牌的几乎所有样本中,微塑料的检测结果都很明显。玻璃容器中的微塑料浓度范围为9至20个/升,塑料袋中的微塑料浓度为166至299个/升,大部分碎片(63%)为纤维状(37%),超过60%的颗粒小于100微米。本研究中鉴定出九种不同类型的微塑料。微塑料浓度>200个/升表明存在高临床风险。然而,中等聚合物危险指数(PHI)为1.7。根据这些结果,静脉输液会直接接触微塑料,这可能会产生有害的医学影响。必须将微塑料的限量纳入药典专论以及体内毒理学和流行病学研究中。本研究旨在分析IV-MDs中微塑料的存在情况,并比较多个IV-MD品牌的微塑料浓度。
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