Metrogyl Injection Patient Counseling Information

Direction for Use: 1. The overwrap is a moisture barrier. The inner container maintains the sterility of the product.
2. After removing overwrap, check for minute leaks by squeezing the container. Do not use if leaks are found and return for replacement.
3. Bring the injection bottle to room temperature or preferably to 37°C just before use.
4. Clean the spout of injection bottle with surgical spirit.
5. Keep the bottle on a table or on a hard surface and insert the cannula of the sterile infusion set into the spout of injection bottle. (Please note that that the cannula of the infusion set should be inserted fully and not half way into the spout of the Metronidazole I.V. bottle to avoid leakage).
6. For administration hang the bottle upside down.
7. Inject intravenously slowly at a rate of about 5ml/minute.
8. To admit air, insert a sterile injection cannula on the top of the inverted bottle anywhere above the level of the liquid.
Warning: Even invisible damage to bottle caused during storage or transit, may result in contamination. Do not use if leak found on squeezing, or contents not clear, and return for replacement.
Caution: Admixture of 10% Dextrose, Penicillin G Potassium & Ringer Lactate Solution to Metrogyl Infusion is contraindicated because of chemical incompatibility.