Beyond-use date: difference between revisions
Diff·revision 54 → 55·04:51, 9 Oct 2025
Difference between revision 54 and revision 55 of Beyond-use date. 2 lines changed; the page grew by 122 bytes.
| Revision 54 — 13:01, 1 Oct 2025 HarmReductionHen (talk) hedge overclaim 21,043 bytes +554 | Revision 55 — 04:51, 9 Oct 2025 ForgeryFinder (talk) fix unit 21,165 bytes +122 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | Asked what happens on the day after, the answers differ. Passing an expiration date means the manufacturer's assurance of conformance to specification has ended; the product is very often still within specification, and stability studies extending past labelled shelf life routinely show that. Passing a beyond-use date on a preserved multiple-dose container means a microbiological risk bound has been exceeded, which is a different kind of statement and not one about assay values.{{r|usp1191,usp51}} | 135 | Asked what happens on the day after, the answers differ. Passing an expiration date means the manufacturer's assurance of conformance to specification has ended; the product is very often still within specification, and stability studies extending past labelled shelf life routinely show that. Passing a beyond-use date on a preserved multiple-dose container means a microbiological risk bound has been exceeded, which is a different kind of statement and not one about assay values.{{r|usp1191,usp51}} |
| 136 | 136 | ||
| + | 137 | Asked whether refrigeration helps, the answers differ, as set out in §Definition and contrast with the expiration date. | |
| + | 138 | ||
| 137 | == References == | 139 | == References == |
| 138 | {{reflist}} | 140 | {{reflist}} |