Glucose 5% Sodium Chloride 0.9%

Country: New Zealand

Language: English

Source: Medsafe (Medicines Safety Authority)

Active ingredient:

Glucose 5%; Sodium chloride 0.9%

Available from:

Baxter Healthcare Ltd

INN (International Name):

Glucose 5%

Pharmaceutical form:

Solution for infusion

Composition:

Active: Glucose 5% Sodium chloride 0.9%

Units in package:

Bag, plastic, 1000 mL

Class:

General sale

Prescription type:

General sale

Manufactured by:

Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd

Therapeutic indications:

Glucose and sodium chloride infusion solution is indicated for replenishing fluid losses, as an energy source and for restoration or maintenance of sodium and chloride ion concentrations. It may be used as a vehicle of medication delivery where intravenous delivery is appropriate and the medicine is compatible with this solution.

Product summary:

Package - Contents - Shelf Life: Bag, plastic, - 1000 mL - 24 months from date of manufacture stored at or below 30°C

Authorization date:

1974-08-22

Summary of Product characteristics

NEW ZEALAND DATA SHEET
GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE Data Sheet 8 August 2019
Page 1 of 13
Baxter Healthcare Ltd
1 GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE (solution for infusion)
GLUCOSE 2.5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45%
GLUCOSE 4% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.18%
GLUCOSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.45%
GLUCOSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9%.
2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
The concentrations of the active ingredients dissolved in a litre of
Water for Injection are as follows:
Glucose 2.5% Sodium Chloride 0.45% Infusion solution
Glucose 4% Sodium Chloride 0.18% Infusion solution
Glucose 5% Sodium Chloride 0.45% Infusion solution
Glucose 5% Sodium Chloride 0.9% Infusion solution.
GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE infusion solutions do not contain an
antimicrobial agent or added
buffer.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Solution for infusion.
_Appearance _
GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE infusion solution is a clear, colourless
to faintly straw‐coloured
solution, practically free from visible particles.
GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE infusion solutions are sterile,
nonpyrogenic solutions.
GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE infusion solutions are for intravenous
infusion and are for single use in
one patient on one occasion only.
They are iso‐osmotic as indicated by their osmolarity shown in the
following table, except
GLUCOSE 5% SODIUM CHLORIDE 0.9% and GLUCOSE 5% SODIUM 0.45% which are
hypertonic solutions.
GLUCOSE AND SODIUM CHLORIDE infusion solutions have a pH of 3.5 ‐
6.5.
Glucose and Sodium Chloride infusion solution preparations
Product
Osmolarity
α
(mOsmol/L)
Glucose 2.5% Sodium Chloride 0.45% Infusion solution (500mL)
294
Glucose 4% Sodium Chloride 0.18% Infusion solution (500mL)
282
Glucose 4% Sodium Chloride 0.18% Infusion solution (1000mL)
284
Glucose 5% Sodium Chloride 0.45% Infusion solution (1000mL)
432
Glucose 5% Sodium Chloride 0.9% Infusion solution (1000mL)
586
Note: Osmolarities
α
(mOsmol/L) are calculated figures which equate to the approximate
Osmolalities
(mOsmol/kg); Glucose 5% Sodium Chloride 0.9% I