THIS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IS ADMINSTERED INTRAVENEOUSLY TO A PATIENT IN ORDER TO BE USED AS A DIAGNOSTIC AID IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS WHICH INCLUDE CARDIAC AND VASCULAR SCINTIGRAPHY, BRAIN SCINTIGRAPHY AND DIAGNOSIS AND LOCALISATION OF OCCULT GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING. IT CAN ALSO BE USED AS A REAGENT FOR LABELLING OF VARIOUS CARRIER COMPOUNDS. THE MATERIAL IS PRESENTED WITH A RADIONUCLIDE GENERATOR THAT COMPRISES OF A NEUTRAL GLASS COLUMN CONTAINING ALUMINA ON WHICH IS ADSORBED SODIUM MOLYBDATE-99. THE TECHNETIUM-99 IS GENERATED FROM THE SODIUM MOLYBDATE. THE GENERATOR COLUMN IS ELUTED WITH SODIUM CHLORIDE INTRAVENOUS INFUSION TO PRODUCE THE ELUATE SODIUM PERTECHNETATE 99 INJECTION WHICH CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXCIPIENTS SODIUM CHLORIDE AND WATER FOR INJECTIONS.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED ACCORDING TO GIRS 1 AND 6. CN 284440 30 FOR COMPOUNDS OF ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES. NOTE 1 (a) TO SECTION VI. NOTE 6 TO CHAPTER 28.