Medium Guide: Supplies

Active Pharmecutical Ingredient (API)

• Raw hormone powder

Excipients

• Carrier oil
• Benzyl benzoate
• Benzyl alcohol

Vials

• 3/5/10mL Vials
• Vial caps (sized for your vials)
• Butyl rubber stoppers (sized for your vials)

Tools

• HEPA air purifier or CR box
• Autoclave or Instant Pot
• Oven
• Still air box or laminar flow hood
• Vial crimper (sized for your vials)
• Work surface
• Plastic sheeting (to make clean room)
• Milligram scale
• Pyrex beakers of appropriate size for mixing
• Glass stirring rod
• Oven thermometer
• Laser thermometer
• Baking dishes
• Spray bottle
• Small bottle brush (for vials 3/5/10 and 100mL)

Disposables

• 18g sterile luer lock needles
• 18g sterile luer lock dispensing needles (blunt tip)
• 3mL sterile luer lock syringes
• 20mL, 30mL, or 50mL sterile luer lock syringes (larger is more difficult to filter with, but less likely to blow out)
• Sterile 0.22μm PTFE or nylon syringe filters
• 100mL glass vials (don’t get pre-sterilized, if that’s all that’s available, you must disassemble them and resterilize them yourself, you’ll need the 20mm crimper for this)
• • 20mm butyl rubber stoppers (if needed)
• • 20mm caps (if needed)
• Isopropyl alcohol 70% (IPA) (buy exactly 70%)
• Disinfecting hand soap
• Aluminum foil
• Distilled water
• Disinfecting, anti-viral wipes (or spray) such as SciCan Optim1 wipes. Get the good stuff.
• Paper towels (lint free) or 4x4 gauze squares

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• KN95 or N95 face masks
• Latex/nitrile gloves
• Tyvek suit
• Hair covers (includes facial hair)