Pharmaceutical and medical gases are fluids manufactured specifically for the medical, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and biotechnology industries. They are frequently used to synthesize, sterilize, or insulate processes or products which contribute to human health. Pharmaceutical gases are also inhaled by patients in a technique known as gas therapy
Usage
- In the production of pharmaceutical merchandise and medicines. They may be used in the synthesis of these items, to sterilize such items, to test the item's packaging, or to insulate them from undesirable environmental effects such as oxidation.
As an analytical agent, to calibrate medical devices or to diagnose a patient by exposing cultures or a biopsy to the gas and examining the reaction.