(Approval lapsed) METRONIDAZOLE Intravenous Infusion 500mg/100mL bag
Section 19A approved medicine
(Approval lapsed) METRONIDAZOLE Intravenous Infusion 500mg/100mL bag
Section 19A approval holder
Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd ABN 43 000 392 781
Phone
1800 229 837
Approved until
Status
Expired
Medicines in short supply/unavailable
DBL METRONIDAZOLE INTRAVENOUS INFUSION metronidazole 500mg/100mL solution for injection bag - ARTG 129476
Indication(s)
- For treatment of anaerobic infections in patients for whom oral administration is not possible.
- When immediate anti-anaerobic therapy is required.
- Where prophylactic cover is required at lower abdominal surgical sites presumed contaminated or potentially contaminated by anaerobic micro-organisms. Procedures of this type include appendicectomy, colonic surgery, vaginal hysterectomy, abdominal surgery in the presence of anaerobes in the peritoneal cavity and surgery performed in the presence of anaerobic septicaemia.