=====================  Product Identification  =====================

MSDS NAME:2B0850 ISOTONIC GENTAMICIN SULFATE INJECTION
Status Code:A
MSDS Number: CJTGR
=== Responsible Party ===
Company:BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP
Address:1 BAXTER PKWY
City:DEERFIELD
State:IL
ZIP:60015-5000
Country:US
Info Phone Num:800-933-0303
Emergency Phone Num:708-940-5000
CAGE:4V435
=== Contractor Identification ===
Company:BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP
Address:1 BAXTER PKWY
City:DEERFIELD
State:IL
ZIP:60015-5000
Country:US
Phone:800-933-0303
CAGE:4V435
Company:BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP PHARMACY DIV
Box:UNKNOW
CAGE:01KW6

=============  Composition/Information on Ingredients  =============

Name:WATER
CAS:7732-18-5
RTECS #:ZC0110000
> Wt:98.

Name:SODIUM CHLORIDE
CAS:7647-14-5
RTECS #:VZ4725000
= Wt:.9

Name:GENTAMICIN SULFATE
CAS:1405-41-0
RTECS #:LY2625000
< Wt:.2

=====================  Hazards Identification  =====================

Routes of Entry: Inhalation:NO	Skin:NO  Ingestion:NO
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NO	OSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:EXCEPT FOR ALLERGY, HEALTH EFFECTS ARE
    NOT CHRONIC/CUMULATIVE. INGESTION: ASPIRATION HAZARD LIKE THAT OF
    WATER.
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NONE
Effects of Overexposure:EXCEPT FOR ALLERGY, HEALTH EFFECTS ARE NOT
    CHRONIC/CUMULATIVE.
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:NOT APPLICABLE FROM ACCIDENTAL
    EXPOSURE.

=======================  First Aid Measures  =======================

Eyes: RINSE W/WATER/NORMAL SALINE. INHALATION: TREAT FOR
    ASPIRATION OF WATER. SKIN: WASH W/SOAP/MILD DETERGENT & WATER.
    OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION IN ALL CASES.

==================  Accidental Release Measures  ==================

Spill Release Procedures:THIS PRODUCT IS A NONHAZARDOUS WASTE WHEN
    SPILLED/DISPOSED OF, AS DEFINED IN RESOURCE CONSERVATION RECOVERY
    ACT RCRA REGULATIONS (40CFR 261).

======================	Handling and Storage  ======================

Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, 77F. AVOID
    EXCESSIVE HEAT. KEEP IN OVERPOUCH UNTIL USE. USE W/IN THE
    EXPIRATION DATE ON PACKAGE.

=============  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  =============

Respiratory Protection:NO RESPIRATORY PROTECTION NEEDED UNDER NORMAL
    USE CONDITIONS.
Ventilation:NONE SHOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS OF USE.
Protective Gloves:NONE REQUIRED
Eye Protection:NONE REQUIRED
Other Protective Equipment:NONE REQUIRED
Work Hygienic Practices:REMOVE/LAUNDER CONTAMINATED CLOTHING & SHOES
    BEFORE REUSE.
Supplemental Safety and Health
SEE PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT IN SHIPPING CARTON FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION.
    PRODUCT IS AN ANTIBIOTIC DRUG (AMINOGLYCOSIDE) IN WATER W/ADDED
    SALINE & IS A PRESCRIPTION DRUG USED INTRAVENOUSLY IN HUMANS.

==================  Physical/Chemical Properties  ==================

pH:3-5.5
Solubility in Water:COMPLETE
Appearance and Odor:CLEAR, COLORLESS LIQUID IN A FLEXIBLE PLASTIC BAG.
Percent Volatiles by Volume:NONE

=================  Stability and Reactivity Data  =================

Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
Hazardous Decomposition Products:HEAT: TOXIC FUMES OF SULFUR OXIDES

===================  Toxicological Information	===================

Toxicological Information:THE FOLLOWING SIDE/ADVERSE EFFECTS HAVE BEEN
    SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR POTENTIAL CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE &
    ARE NOT NECESSARILY INCLUSIVE. GET MEDICAL ATTENTION IF ALLERGIC
    REACTION: DIFFICULTY BREA THING, ITCHING, SKIN RASH, SWELLING OF
    SKIN. MAY REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION IF BOTHERSOME FOR SYMPTOMS OF
    INCREASED/DECREASED FREQUENCY OF URINATION/NEPHROTOXICITY.
    NUMBNESS, MUSCLE TWITCHING, SEIZURES , TINGLING/NEUROTOXICITY. LOSS
    OF HEARING, RINGING/BUZZING/OTOTOXICITY.

=====================  Ecological Information  =====================

Ecological:BASED ON CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, INDIVIDUAL UNITS OF THIS
    PRODUCT CAN BE TREATED IN AN ACCLIMATIZED BIOLOGICAL WASTE
    TREATMENT PLANT SYSTEM. LARGE QUANTITIES MAY KILL MICROORGANISMS.

====================  Disposal Considerations  ====================

Waste Disposal Methods:SOLUTION: INCINERATE/AUTOCLAVE UNTIL STERILE &
    DISPOSE IN REGULAR WASTE. PLASTIC CONTAINER: MAY BE DISPOSED AS
    REGULAR WASTE UNLESS CONTAMINATED W/INFECTIOUS MATERIALS,
    BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS/CYTOTOXIC /CANCER DRUGS. DISPOSE OF IN
    ACCORDANCE W/LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

===================  MSDS Transport Information  ===================

Transport Information:THIS PRODUCT CANNOT BE SHIPPED W/HAZARDOUS
    MATERIALS.

=====================  Regulatory Information  =====================

SARA Title III Information:RCRA STATUS: IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
    PRODUCT USER TO DETERMINE AT THE TIME OF DISPOSAL, WHETHER A
    MATERIAL CONTAINING THE PRODUCT/DERIVED FROM THE PRODUCT SHOULD BE
    CLASSIFIED AS A HAZARDOUS W ASTE.

=======================  Other Information  =======================

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