How to store Oxytocin

Comes as: Ready-to-use 10 units/mL injection solution in 1 mL single-dose vials., 10 mL multiple-dose Pitocin vials, containing 100 units total..

Mixed with: Pitocin labour infusion: 10 units in 1000 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride or lactated Ringer’s, giving 10 milliunits/mL..

• Approved injections come dissolved. For infusion, they are diluted, not mixed from powder.
• The UK product has 48-hour chemical/physical stability at 25°C after dilution; microbial limits are shorter.
• Powder-vial and home-spray mixing reports are kept in the community records, outside these label handling instructions.

Before mixing: Pitocin: 20–25°C. The checked UK ampoule: 2–8°C, protected from light; up to 30°C for 3 months, then discard.

After mixing: UK diluted infusion: use immediately; normally no longer than 24 hours at 2–8°C unless aseptic conditions are validated. This is not a home-spray shelf life.

UK Esteve oxytocin 10 IU/mL infusion ampoules: refrigerate at 2-8 C in the carton, protected from light. Use diluted infusions immediately; any delay normally must stay within 24 hours at 2-8 C unless prepared under validated sterile conditions.