BAC WATER is a catalog name, not a composition statement

BAC WATER is its own catalog entry. A published USP label for bacteriostatic water describes other preparations. This guide shows what that label states and what has to appear on the product page.

The name and the role

BAC WATER is the catalog name of a water product. ChEBI classifies solvent as a chemical role: a substance dissolves other substances to form a solution without changing their chemical composition. The role is not a peptide and not a complete ingredient list.

A catalog name says which entry is meant. It does not say which additives the liquid contains.

What a USP label states

DailyMed publishes a label named Bacteriostatic Water for Injection, USP. It describes water with benzyl alcohol at 0.9% (9 mg/mL) or 1.1% (11 mg/mL), stated as a bacteriostatic preservative. On the same label, Water for Injection, USP is chemically designated H2O.

Those concentrations belong to the preparations on that label. They are not a composition statement for the catalog product BAC WATER. The name BAC WATER does not state the preservative, concentration or pH of this particular product.

Volume is not composition

A figure in ml on the product page is the volume of the liquid. Volume does not state how much of an added substance the liquid contains. That requires a concentration stated on this product’s own page or in a published document.

Another label using the words bacteriostatic water does not turn the catalog entry into that label.

Where the product information is

The link below goes to the BAC WATER catalog entry. That page states the name, volume and price that can be ordered. Analytical values appear only when a document is published. The label above does not verify the store’s material.

This guide is about separating a catalog name from a published label. It does not describe mixing, dilution or use in humans or animals.

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