Review
of Supplement 8.6: Implementation date 1st Jan 2016. Items of interest are
copied below.
Revised
texts
2.2.20 Potentiometric
titration
General
method updated to introduce modern autotitrator instruments; reference to
mercury- containing electrodes deleted following the entry into force of EU
Regulation 847/2012 restricting the use of mercury in measuring devices
Monographs
Anticoagulant and preservative solutions
for human blood (0209): Identification A: name of CRS modified to indicate
degree of hydration; system suitability performed using reagents instead of
CRSs (valid for ACD and CPD).
Lysine hydrochloride (0930): Ammonium:
presented as a separate limit test from the test for ninhydrin-positive
substances
Polysorbate 80 (0428): This monograph
has been revised to indicate its status within the context of International
Harmonisation, a collaboration between the Japanese Pharmacopoeia, the United
States Pharmacopeia and the European Pharmacopoeia. A footnote has been
included in the text to refer to chapter 5.8. Pharmacopoeial harmonisation
Sodium hydroxide (0677): Chlorides,
Sulphates: limits increased.
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