For clinical training, powder vial simulates 2g/20ml of the antibiotic cefoxitin (Mefoxin®), a medication used to treat bacterial infections.
Vial of unsterile white powder dissolves in water to simulate antibiotic reconstitution.
For practicing skills of reconstitution: Read and interpret medication labels, sterile vial opening and handling, adding and mixing diluents, calculating and measuring multiple drug dosages, air displacement and dosage withdrawal, needle changes and syringe techniques.