Stability of intravenous flucloxacillin solutions used for hospital-in-the-home

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  To, The Phung ^a   Ching, Michael S ^a   Ellis, Andrew G ^a   Williams, Louise ^b   Garrett, M Kent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Hospitalin the Home Pharmacist   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG STABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOME CARE; PH; SHELF LIFE;

EID: 77954869095     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2055-2335.2010.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

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