1. BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS
Prepared and presented by Ibrahim bin Abdullah for MSU Diploma Pharmacy

2. PACKAGING MATERIAL
Disadvantages
Advantages
Glass
Plastic
Disadvantages
Advantages

3. GLASS
Adv Disadv
• Inert • Fragile
• Impervious • Release alkali
• Easy inspection • Expensive
• Easy to clean • Heavy
• Easy to sterilize
• Easy to shape

4. PLASTIC
Adv Disadv
• Flexible • Less inert
• Light • Cracking, distortion
• Can be heat-sealed • Less permeable
• Easily moulded • Heat sensitive
• 2o packaging • Charged
• Cheap • Easily leached

5. GLASS
Type 1 Type 2
Type
Type 3 Type 4
Know made, advantages, disadvantages and uses of each type

6. INJECTION
CONTAINER

7. INJECTION CONTAINER
Characteristics
Material should not affect the content
Must be strong enough to withstand the changes of
temperature and pressure (heat sterilization)
Protect the contents from harmful light radiations
Must be suitable for repeated use
Easy to clean
Cheap enough to discard
Should be transparent and colourless

8. INJECTION CONTAINER
Type
Glass bottles
PVC collapsible bags Ampoules
Semi-rigid polythene containers
Cartridges
Single-dose Single-dose
injections injections
of small
of large volume
volume
Multiple-
dose
injections

9. CLOSURES

10. CLOSURES
Characteristics
Good ageing qualities
Satisfactory hardness and elasticity
Resistance to sterilisation condition
Impermeable (resistant) to moisture and air
Negligible release of undesirable substances
Negligible extraction of injection ingredients

11. QUESTION TIME
Ask questions through email. Send your questions to:
ibrahim@msu.edu.my