Bacteriostatic Water (BAC water) for Injection is sterile, non-pyrogenic water that contains 0.9% benzyl alcohol (9mg/mL) added as a bacteriostatic preservative. This preparation of sterile water and benzyl alcohol (BnOH) allows repeated withdrawals to be made from a single 30mL plastic vial. Hospira, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of bacteriostatic and sterile water, advises that once a vial of bacteriostatic water is open, the preservatives will prolong its life for up to 28 days. After this period, the vial should be discarded.
Bacteriostatic water is a solution of sterile water and benzyl alcohol. This solution is used to create a solution of various medications for the application of that medicine through injection. There are various uses for bacteriostatic water in medical applications, such as dilution, or as a solvent, and it even has a general use purpose in the home. All of these situations require a solvent that carries zero microbial load and acts as a preventative against microbial growth.
