title: Oxytocin: taking the heat.
abstract: Oxytocin-in-Uniject satisfied the standards of its temperature-time indicator (TTI) in severe home storage conditions, although that required resupply every 30 days-a logistically onerous programmatic standard. Possible advances include: (1) incorporating TTIs with packaged batches of less expensive and more widely used conventional vials of oxytocin; (2) using TTIs calibrated more closely to the actual temperature sensitivity of oxytocin; and (3) researching whether a lower dose of oxytocin would be equally efficacious in preventing postpartum hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Global Health: Science and Practice, Associate Editor for Maternal and Child Health.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hodgins
mesh_terms: D004355:Drug Stability; D004356:Drug Storage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010120:Oxytocics / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010120:Oxytocics; D010121:Oxytocin