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. 2000;20:31–35.

TABLE 1. MATERIAL FOR BEAD PRODUCTION.

The materials for bead production

Antibiotic bead mold:

  • University of Vermont, Instrument & Model Facility

    280 East Ave

    Burlington, VT 05401-3462

    Phone: (802) 656-2976

    Fax: (802) 656-8561

Sizes:

  • 6.4mm beads- 25 beads/strand- $990/mold

  • 4.0mm beads- 40 beads/strand- $1040/mold

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  • 1 package polymethylmethacrylate (40g)

  • 2-1.2g vials Tobramycin (Nebcin) powder

  • 26- gauge wire

  • 2-10cc syringes

  • 1-20cc syringes

  • 5 specimen cups

  • 1 plastic bowl

  • Gloves

  • Hand drill to twist wire

  • Scale

  • Scoopla (small stirring rod)

  • Suture Kit

  • 1-18 gauge filter needle

  • Laboratory scale