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  2. USP Controlled Room Temperature - Wikipedia

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    The USP Controlled Room Temperature is a series of United States Pharmacopeia guidelines for the storage of pharmaceuticals; [1] the relevant omnibus standard is USP 797. [2] [3] Although 100% compliance remains challenging for any given facility, [4] the larger protocol may be regarded as constituting a form of clean room [5] which is included in a suite of best practices.

  3. Drug expiration - Wikipedia

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    The labeled expiration date is a manufacturer's promise for a time until which the drug will have full efficacy and be safe as manufactured. [4] The labeled expiration date is not an indication of when a drug has become ineffective or unsafe to use. [4] Many drugs are effective for years after their expiration dates. [4]

  4. United States Pharmacopeia - Wikipedia

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    The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the over 200-year old United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and also owns the copyright on the pharmacopeia itself.

  5. Dosage form - Wikipedia

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    Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are pharmaceutical drug products presented in a specific form for use. They contain a mixture of active ingredients and inactive components (), configured in a particular way (such as a capsule shell) and apportioned into a specific dose.

  6. Preventive maintenance checks and services - Wikipedia

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    Preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS) in the United States Army or preventive maintenance inspections (PMI) in the United States Air Force are the checks, services, and maintenance performed before, during, and after any type of movement or before the use of all types of military equipment.

  7. Auxiliary label - Wikipedia

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    Auxiliary labels placed on a prescription vial may be placed vertically, horizontally, or on the vial cap, which is called "interactive placement". Placement of the label in an interactive manner where the patient must interact with it to open the vial increases the chance the label is noticed and considered by the patient. [ 4 ]

  8. Bioburden - Wikipedia

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    The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) outlines several tests that can be done to quantitatively determine the bioburden of non-sterile drug products. [ 4 ] It is important when conducting these tests to ensure that the testing method does not either introduce bacteria into the test sample or kill bacteria in the test sample. [ 4 ]

  9. Thiomersal - Wikipedia

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    Thiomersal was used as a preservative (bactericide) so that multidose vials of vaccines could be used instead of single-dose vials, which are more expensive. By 1938, Lilly's assistant director of research listed thiomersal as one of the five most important drugs ever developed by the company.