*  Exposure Controls/Personal Protection  *
Respiratory Protection:NOT REQUIRED.
Ventilation:LOCAL EXHAUST.
Work Hygienic Practices:REMOVE/LAUNDER CONTAMINATED CLOTHING BEFORE
    REUSE. WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
Supplemental Safety and Health
ZEFAZONE IV SOLUTION IS A HUMAN DRUG USED IN THE TREATMENT OF SERIOUS
    INFECTIONS INVOLVING THE URINARY TRACT, LOWER RESPITORY TRACT,
    SKIN/SUPPORTING STRUCTURES, INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS & SOME SEXUAL
    INFORMATION IS FOR: CEFMETAZOLE SODIUM.
*  Product Identification  *
*  Composition/Information on Ingredients  *
Ingred Name:WATER
Ingred Name:NON HAZARDOUS INGREDIENTS
Fraction by Wt: 2-4%
*  Hazards Identification  *
Routes of Entry: Inhalation:YES  Skin:NO  Ingestion:YES
Reports of Carcinogenicity:NTP:NO    IARC:NOOSHA:NO
Health Hazards Acute and Chronic:OVEREXPOSURE TO CEFMETAZOLE SOIUM
    COULD CAUSE MILD TO SEVERE ALLERGIC
    REACTIONS/BRONCHOSPASM/ANGIOEDEMA & ANAPHYLAXIS. ALLERGIC REACTIONS
    INCLUDE STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME & ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME. GASTRO
    INTESTINAL EFFECTS. PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS MAY RANGE IN SEVERITY
    FROM MILD TO LIFE THREATENING.
Explanation of Carcinogenicity:NONE
Effects of Overexposure:RASH, FEVER, SWELLING, ASTHMATIC BREAHTING,
    HIVES, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIARRHEA
Medical Cond Aggravated by Exposure:HYPERSENSITIVITY TO
    CEFMETAZOLE/CEPHALOSPORIN GROUP OF ANTIBIOTICS, BETA-LACTAM
    ANTIBIOTICS, RENAL/HEPTATIC IMPAIRMENT, POOR NUTRITIONAL STATE/GI
    DISEASE/CURRENTLY BEING TREATED W/AN AMINOGLYCOSIDE.
*  First Aid Measures  *
    INHALATION: REMOVE FROM EXPOSURE. OBTAIN MEDICAL ATTENTION IN ALL
    CASES. NOTES TO PHYSICIAN: IN THE EVENT OF SERIOUS TOXIC REACTIONS
    FROM OV EREXPOSURE, HEMODIALYSIS/PERITONEAL DIALYSIS MAY AID IN THE
    REMOVAL OF CEFMETAZOLE FROM THE BODY, ESPECIALLY IF RENAL FUNCTION
    IS COMPROMISED.
*  Fire Fighting Measures  *
Flash Point:NONFLAMMABLE
Extinguishing Media:WATER, CO2/DRY CHEMICAL
Fire Fighting Procedures:WEAR SELF CONTAINED BREAHTING APPARATUS & FULL
    BODY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
Unusual Fire/Explosion Hazard:NONE
*  Accidental Release Measures  *
Spill Release Procedures:PROVIDE VENTILATION & PERSONAL PROTECTION.
    KEEP PRODUCT OUT OF DRAINS; PREVENT ENTRY TO SURFACE
    WATER/GROUNDWATER & SOIL. SMALL: ABSORB W/PAPER TOWELS/OTHER
    APPROPRIATE MEDIA. LARGE: VACUUM/SCOOP & PL ACE IN A SUITABLE
    CONTAINER.
*Handling and Storage  *
Handling and Storage Precautions:STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE & PROTECT
    FROM LIGHT. THE UNDILUTED PRODUCT SHOULD BE STORED IN A CONSTANT
    FREEZER AT -4F.
Other Precautions:KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. AVOID CONTACT W/SKIN,
    EYES & CLOTHING.
*  Physical/Chemical Properties  *
pH:(SUPP)
Solubility in Water:COMPLETE
Appearance and Odor:FROZEN, PREMIXED SOLUTION (W/1-2 G CEFMETAZOLE
*  Stability and Reactivity Data  *
Stability Indicator/Materials to Avoid:YES
NONE
Hazardous Decomposition Products:CO, CO2, NITROGEN OXIDES, SULFUR
    OXIDES.
*  Disposal Considerations  *
Waste Disposal Methods:DISPOSE OF BY INCINERATION IN ACCORDANCE
    W/LOCAL, STATE & FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
