Bacitracin Ophthalmic Ointment
» Bacitracin Ophthalmic Ointment is a sterile preparation of Bacitracin in an anhydrous ointment base. It contains not less than 90.0 percent and not more than 140.0 percent of the labeled amount of bacitracin.
Packaging and storage—
Preserve in collapsible ophthalmic ointment tubes.
Thin-layer chromatographic identification test 
201BNP
:
meets the requirements.
201BNP:
meets the requirements.
Sterility 71:
meets the requirements.
71:
meets the requirements.
Water, Method I 921:
not more than 0.5%, 20 mL of a mixture of toluene and methanol (7:3) being used in place of methanol in the titration vessel.
921:
not more than 0.5%, 20 mL of a mixture of toluene and methanol (7:3) being used in place of methanol in the titration vessel.
Metal particles 751:
It meets the requirements.
751:
It meets the requirements.
Auxiliary Information—
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| Topic/Question | Contact | Expert Committee |
| Monograph | Ahalya Wise, M.S.
Scientist 1-301-816-8161 |
(MDANT05) Monograph Development-Antibiotics |
| Reference Standards | Lili Wang, Technical Services Scientist 1-301-816-8129 RSTech@usp.org |
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| 71 |
Radhakrishna S Tirumalai, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist 1-301-816-8339 |
(MSA05) Microbiology and Sterility Assurance |
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