A STERILE , ISOTONIC NON -PYROGENIC SOLUTION FOR HYPOTHERMIC FLUSHING AND COLD STORAGE OF KIDNEY, LIVER AND PANCREAS ORGANS AT THE TIME OF THE ORGAN REMOVAL FROM THE DONOR IN PREPARATION FOR STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND EVENTUAL TRANSPLANTATION INTO A RECIPIENT. THIS SOLUTION IS COOLED TO 2 C TO 6 C PRIOR TO USE. THE COLD SOLUTION IS THEN USED TO FLUSH THE ISOLATED ORGAN IMMEDIATELY BEFORE REMOVAL FROM THE DONOR AND/OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER REMOVAL FROM THE DONOR. THE SOLUTION IS THEN LEFT IN THE ORGAN VASCULATURE DURING HYPOTHERMIC STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION. THE SOLUTION SERVES AS PRESERVATION SOLUTION TO MINIMISE THE DAMAGE TO THE ORGAN WHILE IT REMAINS OUTSIDE THE BODY. IT IS A CLEAR TO LIGHT YELLOW IN COLOUR AND CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS: PENTAFRACTION, LACTOBIONIC ACID, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE MONOBASIC, MAGNESIUM SULFATE HEPTAHYDRATE, RAFFINOSE PENTAHYDRATE, ADENOSINE, ALLOPURINOL, GLUTATHIONE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE/HYDROCHLORIC ACID, AND WATER FOR INJECTION. THE SOLUTION IS PRESENTED IN EITHER 500 ML, 1000 ML OR 2,000 ML BAGS.

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