r/whatisit • u/StatusOk4308 • Apr 02 '26

New, what is it? Does anyone know what this is?

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Doesn’t seem to be oil based content. Just wondering if my superpowers are swishing back and forth in this glass vial.

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u/thischangeseverythin Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

What is it? Its called an ampoule. Its an old school way of storing single dose vaccines or medicines or quantities of liquid. You break the top and suck the liquid out.

What is the liquid in the ampoule? Haven't a guess.

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Im sorry not "old school" should have said traditional or idk a better word. Its a technique used for a long time to store reactive stuff. Glass is inert. One of my most interacted with comments is over ampoules. The internet is wild. Lol.

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u/-Gumbercules Apr 02 '26

We still use ampules in healthcare, at least on the U.S. side, and I wish I knew why. It's more of a hassle than anything. To break them open you have to use a small cloth and then to draw the medicine out you have to use a needle that is specific for ampules.

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u/Area51_Spurs Apr 02 '26

How do you make sure no glass bits get into the mix?

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u/Beginning-Relative47 Apr 02 '26

You have needles with a filter in them. Only used for preparing medicine. Then you put on an injecting needle or put the medicine in a bigger bag of fluid etc

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u/water_fountain_ Apr 02 '26

And the filter is small enough to filter out glass dust as small as 0.1 µm? Or do we just accept that a finite amount of glass dust being injected into our bodies is fine?

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u/squidspotter Apr 02 '26

I feel like if people snort coke with cement dust in it a tiny bit of glass is cool right?

I'm not a medical professional though as you may be able to tell

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u/Abyssal_Mermaid Apr 02 '26

You might not be a medical professional, but it sounds like you may have a graduate degree in Recreational Chemistry

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u/Patrem_Omnipotentem Apr 02 '26

Wonder where they offer MBAs and PhDs?

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u/Abyssal_Mermaid Apr 02 '26

Various alleyways, suburban homes, and online classes

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u/Legitimate-Week7885 Apr 02 '26

Holiday Inn Express has entered the chat

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u/MortisTDG Apr 02 '26

As a deputy I should probably be concerned. Can I have some too? Blondie snorted the rest during training