醫院用眼藥水及眼藥膏之滅菌檢查   全文下載

Investigation on the Sterility of Ophthalmic Solutions and Ophthalmic Ointments Used in the Hospitals of Taiwan

為暸解國人常用之眼藥膏及眼藥水之無菌品質，乃於民國八十七年度由台灣地區各省、市衛生局及本局至醫院抽取檢體，由17個衛生單位共抽得檢體53件，其中眼藥膏10件，眼藥水43件。並依據美國藥典第二十三版所載方法以微孔濾膜過濾法進行滅菌檢查，結果發現53件檢體皆未受到細菌及黴菌之污染，合格率達100%。

During a period from July 1997 to June 1998, ophthalmic solutions and ointments were randomly sampled from hospitals/clinics of Taiwan by the local health bureaus and the National Laboratories of Foods and Drugs of the Department of Health. These samples including ten ophthalmic ointments and fourty-three ophthalmic solutions were tested to assess the sterile quality of commercial ophthalmic products. The sterility testing was conducted according to the test procedures of membrane filtration as described in the twenty-third edition of United States Pharmacopeia. No growth of bacteria or fungus was observed in the incubation period for all the samples. Our results demonstrated that the ophthalmic products used in Taiwan hospitals meet the acceptable requirements of sterility.