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366: Just Science Day (w/ Deboki Chakravarti!)

Dear Hank & John

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Can You Smell the Neti Pot Water?

When you first get an IV, sometimes they will flush it with saline. Some of the volatiles from the plastic dissolve in the saline and then it goes into your blood,. It evaporates into your lungs and you breathe it out. If you prep a saline flush and then use it immediately, this smell does not happen. And it only happens with plastic syringes that have been sitting around for a while.

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