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===Sterile water for injection===
===Sterile water for injection===
[[File:Sterilewater.jpg|245px|thumb|right|USP sterile water for injection. Also sold as glass or plastic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampoule ampoule]s by harm reduction supplies sometimes offered by needle and syringe programmes.]]
[[File:Sterilewater.jpg|245px|thumb|right|USP sterile water for injection. Also sold as glass or plastic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampoule ampoules] by harm reduction supplies sometimes offered by needle and syringe programmes.]]


'''Sterile [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_for_injection water for injection]''' (sometimes abbreviated SWFI) is used to create solutions that will be administered by injection. Water for injection is generally made by distillation or reverse osmosis.<ref>https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/018632s051lbl.pdf</ref><ref name=Gh2004>{{cite book|last1=Ghosh|first1=Tapash K.|last2=Jasti|first2=Bhaskara R.|title=Theory and Practice of Contemporary Pharmaceutics|date=2004|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780203644478|page=396|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whiC7aSFLY8C&pg=PA396|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162803/https://books.google.ca/books?id=whiC7aSFLY8C&pg=PA396|archivedate=2017-01-16}}</ref> Water for injection can also be used for [[Nasal spray guide|nasal sprays]], and eye drops.
'''Sterile [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_for_injection water for injection]''' (sometimes abbreviated SWFI) is used to create solutions that will be administered by injection. Water for injection is generally made by distillation or reverse osmosis.<ref>https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/018632s051lbl.pdf</ref><ref name=Gh2004>{{cite book|last1=Ghosh|first1=Tapash K.|last2=Jasti|first2=Bhaskara R.|title=Theory and Practice of Contemporary Pharmaceutics|date=2004|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780203644478|page=396|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whiC7aSFLY8C&pg=PA396|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162803/https://books.google.ca/books?id=whiC7aSFLY8C&pg=PA396|archivedate=2017-01-16}}</ref> Water for injection can also be used for [[Nasal spray guide|nasal sprays]], and eye drops.