ABSTRACT
An International Standard for Netilmicin has been established on the basis of a collaborative assay. There were five participating laboratories in five countries. The activity of the contents of each ampoule of the International Standard for Netilmicin is defined as 4810 IU of netilmicin.
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Netilmicin/standards , Analysis of Variance , Bacillus/drug effects , Bacillus subtilis/drug effects , Biological Assay , Chi-Square Distribution , Netilmicin/pharmacology , Pharmacopoeias as Topic , Reference Standards , Staphylococcus epidermidis/drug effects , United StatesABSTRACT
An International Standard for Sisomicin has been established on the basis of a collaborative assay. There were seven participating laboratories in seven countries. The activity of the contents of each ampoule of the International Standard of Sisomicin is defined as 35,200 International Units of Sisomicin.
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Sisomicin/standards , Humans , International System of Units , Quality Control , Statistics as Topic , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
The International Reference Preparation of Kanamycin has been replaced by the International Standard for Kanamycin. The potency of the standard is based upon a collaborative study in ten laboratories in ten countries. Each ampoule of the International Standard of Kanamycin is defined as containing the activity of 10345 International Units of Kanamycin.
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Kanamycin/standards , International Cooperation , Reference Standards , World Health OrganizationABSTRACT
An International Standard for Amikacin has been established on the basis of a collaborative assay. Seven laboratories, in seven countries, took part. Each ampoule of the International Standard of Amikacin is defined as containing the activity of 50 600 International Units of Amikacin.