OXOID RINGERS SOLUTION TABLETS - 100 TABLETS

A WHITE TABLET USED IN THE PREPARATION OF ISOTONIC DILUENTS FOR BACTERIAL CELLS AND BACTERIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS.

TABLETS TO DISSOVE READILY IN WATER GIVING A SOLUTION WHICH DOES NOT PRECIPITATE WHEN STERILISED BY AUTOCLAVING. THE STERILE SOLUTION IS USED AS AN ISOTONIC DILUENT FOR BOTH BACTERIAL CELLS AND BACTERIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS OR AS A RINSE DURING THE BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF PLANT AND APPARATUS.

ONE TABLET MAKES 500 ML OF QUARTER-STRENGTH RINGERS SOLUTION. DUE TO THE LOW IONIC STRENGTH OF THIS MEDIUM THE pH NOT SPECIFIED.

DIRECTIONS: DISSOLVE 1 TABLET IN 500ML OF DISTILLED WATER. STERILISE BY AUTOCLAVING AT 121 °C FOR 15 MIN. THIS GIVES A QUARTER-STRENGTH RINGERS SOLUTION,

SHELF-LIFE: 3 YEARS FRON DATE OF PRODUCTION IF STORED AS INSTRUCTED.

STORE: IN A DRY, COOL AND WELL-VENTILATED PLACE (10 - 30 ºC). AWAY FROM SUNLIGHT. KEEP CONTAINERS TIGHLTY CLOSED.