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. 2011 Apr 21;11:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-8

Table 2.

Parenteral and ophthalmic preparation European Pharmacopoeia criteria A and B (With permission from the European Pharmacopoeia[11])

Log reduction
6 hours 24 hours 7 days 14 days 28 days

Bacteria A 2 3 - - NR
B - 1 3 - NI

Fungi A - - 2 - NI
B - - - 1 NI

NI: no increase; NR: no recovery.