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Methodological standard · §4

CEI-MS-09 — procedure

Step-by-step procedure for assessment of appearance, cake integrity and reconstitution behaviour.

Document identifier
CEI-MS-09/4
Series
Methodological standard
Version
1.0
Published
13 Sep 2024
Last reviewed
13 Sep 2025
Next review
13 Sep 2028
Identifier
10.71829/cei.meth.15
Certainty
High
Cycle
2024 Q3
Category
Physical quality

§4Procedure

The procedure below is written in the second person, which is the only place in the Institute's document set where that register is used. A procedure is an instruction and is written as one.

  1. Inspect the unopened container against both backgrounds and record cake appearance, colour, collapse, shrinkage and any free powder.
  2. Add the stated diluent volume down the container wall. Do not shake.
  3. Start the timer and record time to complete dissolution with gentle inversion only.
  4. Inspect the reconstituted solution against both backgrounds for clarity, colour, visible particulate and fibrillar material.
  5. Record the observation with the illumination level and the observer.

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  1. United States Pharmacopeial Convention. General Chapter ⟨788⟩ Particulate Matter in Injections. United States Pharmacopeia — National Formulary (USP–NF) 2024;USP 2024 Issue 1. identifier not held by the Institute

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