Stop using the flotation technique and start weighing salbutamol pressurised metered-dose inhalers without dose counters

Salbutamol pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) are not equipped with dose counters outside the USA. The aim of this study was to describe a simple reproducible method for determining the number of doses remaining in a pMDI based on scale weight. With a laboratory scale, the mean weight of th...

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Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Main Authors:	Ermindo R. Di Paolo, Stéphanie Spaggiari, André Pannatier, Farshid Sadeghipour, Isabelle Rochat, Gaudenz M Hafen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2015-07-01
Subjects:	pressurised metered-dose inhalers dose counter
Online Access:	https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2051

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