Table 2. Findings of visual inspection and Tyndall beam in solutions.
| Drug | Colour/Clarity (White background) | Tyndall beam (Black background) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 hour | 1 hour | 2 hour | 4 hour | 0 hour | 1 hour | 2 hour | 4 hour | |
| Tigecycline (1 mg/mL)A1 | Yellow/Clear | Yellow/Clear | Yellow/Clear | Yellow/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| Tigecycline (0.5 mg/mL)A2 | Yellow/Clear | Yellow/Clear | Yellow/Clear | Yellow/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| Metronidazole and sodium chloride injectionB | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| MeropenemC | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| Imipenem and cilastatinD | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| Fosfomycin sodiumE | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| AztreonamF | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| VancomycinG | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| CAZ-AVI H | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | Colourless/Clear | N | N | N | N |
| Calcium chloride with composite potassium hydrogen phosphateI | White/Turbid | White/Precipitate | White/Precipitate | White/Precipitate | P | P | P | P |
| 10 µm latex particles reference materialJ | Colourless/Clear | P | ||||||
| 25 µm particle count reference materialK | Colourless/Clear | P | ||||||
A1-G: the combinations of CAZ-AVI with selected drugs separately; H: negative control, 25 mg/ml CAZ-AVI in NS; I: positive control, calcium chloride with composite potassium in NS; J: 57 positive control, 10 μm latex particles reference material; K: positive control, 25 μm particle count reference material; N: Tyndall negative; P: Tyndall positive.