Compounding and dispensing of Tincture of Iodine

COMPOUNDING AND DISPENSING OF TINCTURE OF IODINE 

Aim

  • To prepare and dispense 50 ml of Tincture of Iodine

Composition

  • Iodine - 2.50 g
  • Potassium iodide - 3.75 g
  • Distilled water - 1 ml
  • Alcohol 90 % to make - 100 ml

Procedure

  • 2.5 g of iodine and 1.5 g of Potassium iodide is weighed and transferred to a measuring cylinder. About 1 ml of water is added. Adequate quantity of alcohol (90 %) is added and the contents are dissolved by stirring with a glass rod.
  • Once they are completely dissolved, the volume is made up to 100 ml with 90 % alcohol. The final product is then transferred to a dispensing bottle and secured with a thread and dispensed in the usual pharmaceutical manner.
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