If the flip top of a sterile vial comes off but the rubber stopper and seal is intact and not punctured, can content of the vial maintain sterility until the expiry of the vial?
When the flip top of a sterile vial is off, how long is sterility maintained in vial?
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- 16 Oct 2014 by chanr
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- 16 Oct 2014
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