bacitracin zinc

A Dictionary of Nursing

bacitracin zinc (ba-si-tray-sin) n. an antibiotic effective against a number of microorganisms. Combined with other antibiotics (neomycin or polymyxin B), it is applied externally to treat infections of the skin and eyes.

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	EU ministers vote to ban four feed additives ; ...additives because they are used in human medicine. The measure, which will take effect in July, includes tylosin, virginiamycin, bacitracin zinc and spiramycin. At presstime, the Animal Health Institute (AHI) released a position statement calling the ban "completely... Read more
	EU agriculture ministers bar use of four antibiotics in animal feed.(Brief Article) ; ...livestock to digest their food more rapidly. The prohibition applies to tylosin phosphate, spiramycin, virginiamycin and bacitracin zinc and took effect on January 1, 1999. The EC Commission had proposed the ban based on scientific evidence suggesting that... Read more
	European Antibiotics Ban Looms. ; ...EU) agricultural minister Franz Fischler wants to ban Rh\244ne-Poulenc's spiramycin, Pfizer's virginiamycin, Alfarma's bacitracin zinc, and Elanco's tylosin phosphate, on the grounds that bacteria could develop resistance to the products, which are closely... Read more
	Proposal to give allergy info on OTC labels. (over-the-counter topical first-aid antibiotics)(Brief Article) ; ...had voluntarily put a warning on OTC products containing bacitracin zinc, neomycin sulfate, or polymyxin B sulfate antibiotics. According...1996, Federal Register that products containing bacitracin, bacitracin zinc, neomycin, neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B, and polymyxin... Read more
	AGRICULTURE: FOUR ANTIBIOTICS USED IN ANIMAL FEED ARE TO BE BANNED. ; ...Commission said the ban would affect four types of antibiotics (Bacitracin Zinc, Spiramycin, Virginiamycin, Tylosin Phosphate) that are...Pfizer (manufactures Virginiamycin) and Alfarm (produces Bacitracin Zinc). However, one issue that the Commission has not clarified... Read more
	EU ban sought on four antibiotics ; ...would take effect from 1 January. The antibiotics, which are used to boost growth in pigs and poultry in particular, are: Bacitracin Zinc, made by Alpharma, of Norway; Spiramycin, made by Rhone-Poulenc, of France; Virginiamycin, made by Pfizer, of the United... Read more
	All Antibiotic Adhesive Bandages Are Not Created Equal. ; ...has 1 g of gel containing polymyxin B sulfate 10,000 U, bacitracin zinc 500 U, and neomycin 3.5 mg. The Johnson & Johnson Band-A...of ointment containing polymyxin B sulfate 10,000 U and bacitracin zinc 500 U in a white petrolatum base. The Nexcare antibacterial... Read more
	Sales of first aid treatments slip. ; ...product's active ingredients include polymyxin B sulfate, bacitracin zinc, neomycin and pramoxine hydrochloride. Regular Neosporin...burning or staining. It contains polymyxin B sulfate and bacitracin zinc in the same concentrations as Neosporin Plus, but no neomycin... Read more
	Nonantibiotic topicals ; ...trolamine/sodium alginate emulsion versus bacitracin zinc, 500 units, and polymyxin B sulfate...trolamine/sodium alginate emulsion and bacitracin zinc/polymyxin B sulfate ointment were...alginate emulsion compared to the bacitracin zinc, 500 units, and polymyxin B sulfate... Read more

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