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Absorbable Dusting Powder

Absorbable Dusting Powder is an absorbable powder prepared from cornstarch intended for use as a surgical glove lubricant. It contains no more than 2% magnesium oxide. The powder must pass tests for pH, loss on drying, residue on ignition, and assay for magnesium oxide content. It is also stable to autoclaving.

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Absorbable Dusting Powder

Absorbable Dusting Powder is an absorbable powder prepared from cornstarch intended for use as a surgical glove lubricant. It contains no more than 2% magnesium oxide. The powder must pass tests for pH, loss on drying, residue on ignition, and assay for magnesium oxide content. It is also stable to autoclaving.

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Printed on: Sat Jul 10 2021, 07:12:44 PM Official Status: No Longer Official on 11-Jul-2021 DocId: 1_GUID-E25B78C8-DDFF-4F7C-A291-1927371CC212_4_en-US

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Printed by: Nguyen Nhan Official Date: Omitted on 01-Dec-2020 Document Type: USP @2021 USPC
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Delete the following: cylinder, dilute with water to volume, and allow to stand
undisturbed for 24 hours: the volume occupied by the settled
Powder is between 45 mL and 75 mL.
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Absorbable Dusting Powder pH á791ñ: between 10.0 and 10.8, in a 1 in 10 suspension.
Loss on drying á731ñ—Dry about 2 g, accurately weighed, at
» Absorbable Dusting Powder is an absorbable 105° to constant weight: it loses not more than 12% of its

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weight.
powder prepared by processing cornstarch and Residue on ignition á281ñ—Heat about 1 g, accurately
intended for use as a lubricant for surgical gloves. weighed, in a covered platinum crucible until most of the
It contains not more than 2.0 percent of carbon is burned away, but do not ignite the sample. Remove
magnesium oxide. the cover, and ignite to constant weight: not more than 3.0%

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of residue remains.
Packaging and storage—Preserve in well-closed Assay for magnesium oxide—Weigh accurately about
containers. It may be preserved in sealed paper packets. 2.5 g, and transfer to a beaker. Add 25 mL of water and 2 mL
Identification—A 1 in 10 suspension is colored purplish blue of 3 N hydrochloric acid, and stir the mixture for 5 minutes.
to deep blue by iodine TS. Add 5 mL of hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution (1 in 10),

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Stability to autoclaving—Transfer about 2 g to a suitable 15 mL of ammonia-ammonium chloride TS, 5 mL of potassium
paper packet, and seal or close the packet with a double fold. cyanide solution (1 in 10), and 5 drops of eriochrome black
Wrap the paper packet in muslin, transfer to an autoclave, heat TS, mix, and titrate with 0.05 M edetate disodium VS until the
to 121° for 30 minutes, and cool: the powder is not caked, and solution becomes distinctly blue in color. Each mL of 0.05 M
any lumps are easily crushed between the fingers. edetate disodium is equivalent to 2.015 mg
Sedimentation—Boil 100 mL of a 1 in 10 suspension in of MgO.▲ (USP 1-Dec-2020)

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