Table 1

Testing results for Coartem/Riamet by expiry date for Raman spectrometry, TLC and disintegration


July 2008 Test Resultsa
 February 2009 Test Resultsa


Expiry Date
 Number of Samples
 Number of Months Past Expiry Date
 TLC
 Disintegration
 Raman
 Number of Months Past Expiry Date
 Raman
June 2008
 7
 1
 7/7
 7/7
 7/7
 8
 7/7
May 2008
 39
 2
 39/39
 39/39
 39/39
 9
 39/39
February 2008
 4
 5
 4/4
 4/4
 4/4
 12
 4/4
August 2007
 7
 11
 7/7
 7/7
 7/7
 18
 7/7
May 2007
 2
 14
 2/2
 2/2
 1/2
 21
 1/2
November 2006
 3
 20
 3/3
 3/3
 3/3
 27
 3/3
October 2005
 5
 33
 5/5
 5/5
 5/5
 40
 5/5
September 2003
 1
 58
 1/1
 0/1
 1/1
 65
 0/1
Total

68/68
 67/68
 67/68
66/68

a. Results are total number of samples that passed testing/total samples tested.

Bate et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:33   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-33

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