Baxter 0.9% Sodium Chloride Irrigation USP 500 mL Plastic Pour Bottle

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Baxter 0.9% Sodium Chloride Irrigation USP 500 mL Plastic Pour Bottle

Baxter 0.9% Sodium Chloride Irrigation USP 500 mL Plastic Pour Bottle Semi-rigid plastic bottles with wide-mouth openings. Shatter-proof, tamper proof with a breakaway ring. Hermetically sealed outer closure and sterile screw-on inner cap. Each liter contains 9 g Sodium Chloride, USP (NaCl) in Water for Injection. pH 5.5 (4.5 to 7.0). Milliequivalents per liter: Sodium – 154, Chloride – 154. Osmolarity 308 mOsmol/L (calc.). No antimicrobial agent has been added.

Solutions in contact with the plastic container can leach out certain of its chemical components in very small amounts within the expiration period, e.g., di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP), up to 5 parts per million. However, the safety of the plastic has been confirmed in tests in animals according to USP biological tests for plastic containers as well as by tissue culture toxicity studies.

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

0.9% Sodium Chloride Irrigation, USP is useful as an irrigating fluid for body joints because the solution is isotonic, and provides a transparent fluid medium with optical properties suitable for good visualization of the interior joint surface during endoscopic examination. During arthroscopic surgical procedures, the solution acts as a lavage for removing blood, tissue fragments, and bone fragments.

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