Sources last read 2026-08-13

Supplies · product identity

Hospira bacteriostatic water

Hospira lists one bacteriostatic water product: a 30 mL multiple-dose vial, code 0409-3977, sold under approval NDA018802. Hospira is part of Pfizer, so a carton may carry either name.

Source: openFDA drug listing, queried 2026-08-13

What matters first

Vial sizes: 30 mL
Product NDC: 0409-3977
Approval: NDA018802
Company name: Hospira, part of Pfizer

Hospira is the name most people search for because it holds the original approval. Four other companies list the same product under that same approval, which makes them the same water with a different label.

Every bacteriostatic product in the federal drug listing

There are 6 bacteriostatic water listings and 7 bacteriostatic saline listings. Reading them together is the point: the two are constantly confused, and the table shows exactly where they part company.

Products listed under a bacteriostatic brand name in the openFDA drug directory
Listed by	Product	Code	Approval	Sizes
Hospira, Inc.	Bacteriostatic Water	0409-3977	NDA018802	30 mL
ProPharma Distribution	Bacteriostatic Water	84549-977	NDA018802	30 mL
HF Acquisition Co LLC, DBA HealthFirst	Bacteriostatic Water	51662-1473	NDA018802	30 mL
Henry Schein, Inc.	Bacteriostatic Water	0404-9970	NDA018802	30 mL
Medical Purchasing Solutions, LLC	Bacteriostatic Water	71872-7129	NDA018802	30 mL
Fujian Genohope Biotech Ltd.	Bacteriostatic Water	84502-115	UNAPPROVED DRUG OTHER	30 mL
Hospira, Inc.	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	0409-1966	NDA018800	10, 20, 30 mL
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	63323-924	ANDA088911	10, 30 mL
ProPharma Distribution	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	84549-966	NDA018800	30 mL
HF Acquisition Co LLC, DBA HealthFirst	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	51662-1259	NDA018800	30 mL
HF Acquisition Co LLC, DBA HealthFirst	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	51662-1257	NDA018800	10 mL
Henry Schein, Inc.	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	0404-9953	NDA018800	10, 30 mL
Medical Purchasing Solutions, LLC	Bacteriostatic Sodium Chloride	71872-7083	NDA018800	30 mL

Query brand_name:"bacteriostatic", run against the openFDA drug directory on 2026-08-13. Two mouth-rinse products matched the same word and are left out.

Is there a 10 mL Hospira bacteriostatic water?

No. Every bacteriostatic water listing in the directory is 30 mL. The 10 mL Hospira vial people remember is bacteriostatic saline, code 0409-1966, and it is a different drug.

Bacteriostatic saline sits under its own approval, NDA018800, and it comes in 10, 20, 30 mL. It is salt water with the same preservative, and it is not a substitute for plain water when a drug’s own instructions call for water.

The two cartons look alike and sit next to each other on a wholesaler’s shelf. If you are searching for a 10 mL vial, check which of the two words is on the one that arrives.

What happened to the 20 mL glass vial?

The label still describes it. The drug listing no longer returns it. Those two federal records disagree, and the listing is the one that tracks what is currently sold.

Hospira’s current label document describes two presentations: the 30 mL plastic vial at 0.9% benzyl alcohol, and a 20 mL fill in a 30 mL glass Fliptop vial, 1.1% (11 mg/mL) benzyl alcohol, under code 0409-1093. A query for that second code returns no match.

A label is revised on the maker’s schedule; a listing is maintained continuously. So a page built on the label alone would send you looking for a vial nobody currently lists, and a page built on the listing alone would never explain why the strength on your carton might read 1.1% instead of 0.9%.

One listing is not an approved product

1 of the 6 bacteriostatic water listings carries no approval number. The directory files it as UNAPPROVED DRUG OTHER, and that is the single most useful thing on a carton to check.

An approved listing names an application — the codes in the table read NDA or ANDA followed by six digits. A listing with no application number has not been through that review. Both can be legally listed and both can reach a shelf, so the difference does not show up anywhere except in this field.

This is checkable in a minute and nobody selling you a vial will volunteer it. Look up the product code from the carton in the openFDA directory and read the approval field.

Does the Hospira name matter?

Not much. Hospira holds the first approval. Four other firms list the same water under it. So all five are one product, and paying extra for the name buys nothing. What is worth a look is whether the carton names an approval at all.

All five reach you the same way: from a pharmacy, on a prescription. We also read the shelf that carries this term. It held 100 listings on 2026-08-12, and 0 of them came from a firm in the table above.

FDA labelopenFDA drug listing · 2026-08-13

The listing changes when a company files or withdraws a product, which happens without notice. The table above is what the query returned on the date beside it. Re-run the query in the source list to see today’s.

What bacteriostatic water isThe preservative, the warnings and what the label allows Where to buy itIts prescription status, and what that means at a counter

2primary sources, each with the day we read it — open the documents used on this page

openFDA NDC Directory — brand_name:"bacteriostatic"retrieved 2026-08-13FDA label
Bacteriostatic Water for Injection, USP — Hospira, Inc. (DailyMed SPL)retrieved 2026-08-13FDA label

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