(Approval lapsed) Metronidazole 5mg/mL solution for infusion 500mg/100mL vial
Section 19A approved medicine
(Approval lapsed) Metronidazole 5mg/mL solution for infusion 500mg/100mL vial
Section 19A approval holder
Medsurge Healthcare Pty Ltd ABN 92 124 728 892
Phone
1300 788 261
Approved until
Status
Expired
Medicines in short supply/unavailable
DBL Metronidazole Intravenous Infusion metronidazole 500mg/100mL solution for injection bag - ARTG 129476
Indication(s)
Treatment of severe anaerobic infection when oral medication is not possible or is contraindicated, when immediate anti-anaerobic therapy is required. Metronidazole may be used prophylactically to prevent infection of the surgical site which may have been contaminated or potentially contaminated with anaerobic organisms. Procedures in which this may be assumed to have happened include appendectomy, colonic surgery, vaginal hysterectomy, abdominal surgery in the presence of anaerobes in the peritoneal cavity and surgery performed in the presence of anaerobic septicaemia.