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An <i>Ex Vivo</i> Study Examining Migration of Microplastics from an Infused Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Circuit

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Maaike Vercauteren Colin Janssen, Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Adrian Covaci, Lucas Panneel, Lucas Panneel, Lucas Panneel, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Philippe G. Jorens, Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Philippe G. Jorens, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Adrian Covaci, Maaike Vercauteren Maaike Vercauteren Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Adrian Covaci, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Adrian Covaci, Adrian Covaci, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Paulien Cleys, Paulien Cleys, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Paulien Cleys, Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Maaike Vercauteren Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Adrian Covaci, Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Adrian Covaci, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Antonius Mulder, Antonius Mulder, Colin Janssen, Antonius Mulder, Adrian Covaci, Maaike Vercauteren Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Adrian Covaci, Jana Asselman, Adrian Covaci, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Colin Janssen, Adrian Covaci, Adrian Covaci, Jana Asselman, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Colin Janssen, Jana Asselman, Adrian Covaci, Maaike Vercauteren

Summary

This ex vivo study quantified microplastics released from neonatal parenteral nutrition infusion circuits, finding that plastic particles migrate from the tubing and connectors into infused solutions, raising concerns about iatrogenic microplastic exposure in vulnerable neonatal patients.

Figure 1. Overview of microplastic concentration (A), polymer composition (B), and size distribution (C) in the crystalloid solution collected in a simulated parenteral nutrition circuit and administered over a course of maximum 72 h with samples at time 0 (T0), T12, T24, T48, T72. The T0 measurements represent information on microplastics in the original fluid, without transition through the circuits. The number of samples per time point is indicated in panel A with "N=." Two particles (size 976 and 1,274:9 lm) are not included in the figure of the size distribution (Figure Plastic polymer types (Figure Corresponding numeric data of the figure can be found in Supplementary data at https://zenodo.org/records/10102884 ("Supporting data -Numeric data.docx").

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