BS ISO 11418-4:2005

This standard BS ISO 11418-4:2005 Containers and accessories for pharmaceutical preparations is classified in these ICS categories:

• 11.040.20 Transfusion, infusion and injection equipment
• 11.120.99 Other standards related to pharmaceutics

This part of ISO 11418 specifies the design, dimensions, material and requirements of tablet glass bottles. Tablet glass bottles are applicable to primary packs used in direct contact with a drug.

This part of ISO 11418 is applicable to tablet glass bottles used in pharmacy. Together with the corresponding closure systems, they serve for packaging of pharmaceutical preparations in solid and liquid dosage forms which are not intended for parenteral use.

NOTE The potency, purity, stability and safety of a drug during its manufacture and storage can be strongly affected by the nature and performance of the primary pack.