Vials, multiple-dose glass

Parenteral preparations are filled into various types of containers, depending on the nature of the product. Single-dose injections are filled into glass ampoules sealed by fusion or ex tempore into plastic syringes. Multidose injections are delivered in glass vials sealed with rubber closures with mechanical properties suitable for multiple piercing. Concentrates and powders for injections or infusions are also... 

Radiopharmaceuticals for parenteral use must comply with the Ph. Eur. mmiograph for parenteral preparations, so they have to be sterile and with a very low or absent endotoxin COTicentration. For parenteral administration a sterile injectirm in a disposable injection syringe is often filled from a multiple dose solution in a glass vial. 

Single- and multiple-dose vials and ampules are used in medical practice. The vehicle (solvent), which is of greatest importance for parenteral products, is specially distilled, pyrogen-frcc water. The container of choice is glass. 

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