Table 2.

Range of time taken for four brands of meropenem to degrade by 10% when diluted in sodium chloride 0.9% and stored in syringes at 37°C¹⁵

	1 g in 48 mL		2 g in 48 mL
	Minimum time/hour	Maximum time/hour	Minimum time/hour	Maximum time/hour
37°C	4.5±0.2	10.0±0.9	2.9±0.1	3.1±0.2