Sterile Water for Injection USP is a clear, colorless,
odorless liquid. It is sterile, hypotonic, nonpyrogenic, and contains no
bacteriostatic or antimicrobial agents. It is a diluent or solvent suitable for
intravascular injection after first having been made approximately isotonic by
the addition of suitable solute.
Sterile Water for Injection USP is also used as a diluent or
solvent for other parenteral drugs. As such, it contributes to hydration when
provided in parenteral drug and fluid therapy, after the introduction of
suitable additives and/or mixture with suitable solutes to approximate
isotonicity.
