University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy
Diabetic
Insulin
Home Health Care
Classification
Pharmacy
Diabetic
Insulin
Home Health Care
Accession Number
1983.2.1 a-b
Description
Rectangular paper box containing a glass vial of insulin made from animal products in this case, pork, sealed with a colour-coded brown plastic lid, vials are labelled with a brown colour-coded paper label and box.
Rectangular paper box containing a glass vial of insulin made from animal products in this case, pork, sealed with a colour-coded brown plastic lid, vials are labelled with a brown colour-coded paper label and box.
Expiry date; Connaught insulins introduced in 1982
Material
paper: white
ink: brown; black
glass: clear
plastic: brown
Inscriptions
Printed on box: "PROTAMINE 10CC // ZINC INSULIN // 100 UNITS PER CC // DIN 274119 PORK // Store in refrigerator between 2' and 10' C (35' and 50' F) // DO NOT FREEZE // Directions for use: Preparations containing insulin should be // used only under the direction of a physician. Read enclosed // leaflet. SHAKE CAREFULLY BEFORE USE. // 0.2% Metacresol [illeg] added as a preservative. // CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES LIMITED // Willowdale, Ontario, Canada Can. Lic. No. 3"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-5 Row H
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Box shows wear; vial is like new
Copy Type
original
Reference Comments
Connaught Laboratories Limited product brochures
Research Facts
All insulin Preparations of Connaught Laboratories Limited are produced from crystalline insulin of a very high purity. This material is further purified by column chromatography.
Connaught Insulin is produced from beef and pork pancreas and the following gives the species composition as it occurs in the final products.
Protamine Zinc Insulin: Beef and Pork; Pork; Beef. Coloured coded packaging in brown.
Shelf life: All insulin products have an expiration date of 22 months from the date of release for distribution.