Application Highlight: Ensure Medication Safety, Dosage Unit Uniformity with Tablet Check
Last Updated: February 2020
Overview
According to European Pharmacopoeia, tablets and capsules containing 25 mg or more of an active substance must be checked to ensure the consistency of dosage units. Checking the uniformity of active substance amounts in single-dose medications is important to prevent under or over dosage. These standardized tests include uniformity of content, disintegration time, dissolution and uniformity of weight.
Download this application highlight and learn how weight testing can be easily performed with the use of a Cubis® II MCA balance and QApp tablet check.
- Document type: Application Highlight
- Page count: 4
- Read time: 6 minutes
Key Takeaways
Tablet and capsule checks are essential to ensure compliance with European pharmacopoeia standards, preventing under or over dosage of active substances
Cubis II MCA balances with tablet feeder and QApp tablet check provide an advanced solution for conducting standardized tests on tablets and capsules, ensuring uniformity of content, disintegration time, and dissolution
The software offers dynamic tolerance calculation, visual feedback through color-coded tolerance bars, and comprehensive summarizing statistics, streamlining the evaluation process and facilitating quality control
This Resource is Designed for:
- Lab Managers
- Lab Technicians
- Lab Assistants
- Lab Balance Users
- Analytical Labs
Applications Supported:
- Cubis® II MCA Lab Balances
- Microbalance
- Tablet Check
Frequently Asked Questions
According to the European Medicines Agency, it is a compendium of resources on the qualitative and quantitative composition of medicines. It also includes information and regulation regarding medication testing, raw materials used in medication production and the intermediates of synthesis.
