DEFINITION

Modified Lactated Ringer's and Dextrose Injection is a sterile solution of Calcium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Lactate, and Dextrose in Water for Injection. It contains, in each 100 mL, NLT 57.0 and NMT 63.0 mg of sodium (Na) [as sodium chloride (NaCl) and sodium lactate, (C₃H₅NaO₃)], NLT 2.82 and NMT 3.46 mg of potassium (K) [equivalent to NLT 5.4 and NMT 6.6 mg of potassium chloride (KCl)], NLT 0.98 and NMT 1.20 mg of calcium (Ca) [equivalent to NLT 3.6 and NMT 4.4 mg of calcium chloride (CaCl₂·2H₂O)], NLT 73.6 and NMT 85.6 mg of chloride (Cl) [as sodium chloride (NaCl), potassium chloride (KCl), and calcium chloride (CaCl₂·2H₂O)], and NLT 46.2 and NMT 52.20 mg of lactate (C₃H₅O₃) [equivalent to NLT 58.0 and NMT 66.0 mg of sodium lactate (C₃H₅NaO₃)]. It contains NLT 90.0% and NMT 105.0% of the labeled amount of dextrose (C₆H₁₂O₆·H₂O). It contains no antimicrobial agents.