Effects of freezing, long-term storage, and microwave thawing on the stability of piperacillin plus tazobactam in 5% dextrose for infusion

Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 276-282

  Hecq, Jean Daniel ^a   Berlage, Valère ^a   Vanbeckbergen, Danielle ^a   Jamart, Jacques ^a   Galanti, Laurence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dextrose infusion; Microwave thawing; Piperacillin; Stability; Tazobactam

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; NAFCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FREEZE THAWING; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 11044220275     PISSN: 00084123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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