Chlorhexidine Diacetate NH NH NH NH Cl– –NH–C–NH–C–NH–(CH2)6–NH–C–NH–C–NH– –Cl · 2CH3 COOH R egulatory S tatus: EU ROP E (CTD ) U SA (D M F & EP A) STORAGE Sto r e a t r o o m te mp e r a tu r e (1 5 - 25ºC) p ro te c te d fro m lig h t in th e o rig in a l d ru ms p ro v id e d b y M e d ic h e m. STAB IL ITY M e d ic h e m p e r fo r ms o n g o in g s ta b ility s tu d ie s o n Ch lo rh e x id in e s a lts to e n s u re c o n tin u o u s q u a lity th r o u g h o u t th e ir s h e lf life . Sta b ility d a ta g e n e ra te d d u rin g mo re th a n 20 y e a rs o f Ch lo rh e x id in e d ia c e ta te p ro d u c tio n h a v e b e e n u s e d to s e t a s h e lf life o f 5 y e a rs . Sh e lf life c a n o n ly b e g u a ra n te e d if th e p ro d u c t is s to re d a s in d ic a te d a b o v e . P ACK IN G 25, 50 a n d 7 5 K g H D P E d ru ms . P a rtic le s iz e TRAN SP ORT REGU L ATION S Cla s s ifie d a s h a z a rd o u s s u b s ta n c e a c c o rd in g to tra n s p o rt re g u la tio n s (c la s s 9 , U N 3 0 7 7 ). U pdated specification N a me : 1 ,1 ’-h e x a me th y le n e b is [5-( p-c h lo ro p h e n y l) b ig u a n id e ] d ia c e ta te 1 ,6 -b is (N 5-p-c h lo ro p h e n y l-N ‘-d ig u a n id in o ) h e x a n e d ia c e ta te F o rmu la : C22 H 3 0 Cl2 N 1 0 · 2C2 H 4 O2 08 M o le c u la r w e ig h t 6 25.6 Re la te d s u b s ta n c e s le s s th a n 1 .0 % CAS n u mb e r [56 -9 5-1 ] As s a y 9 8 .0 - 1 0 1 .0 % So lu b ility (a t 20 ºC) le s s th a n 2% (w /v ) in w a te r Ap p e a ra n c e w h ite p o w e r L o s s o n d ry in g le s s th a n 3 .5% Re s id u e o n ig n itio n le s s th a n 0 .1 % Ta p p e d b u lk d e n s ity Sta n d a rd D ( v ,0 .1 ) N M T 3 µm D ( v ,0 .5) 5-3 0 µm D ( v ,0 .9 ) 45-7 0 µm M ic ro n is e d D (v ,0 .9 ) N M T 1 0 µm 0 .8 - 1 .0 g /ml p-Ch lo ro a n ilin e a ro u n d 1 0 0 p p m