How to prepare KOGENATE® Bayer with the new reconstituion kit

  • Wash your hands with soap and water, and make sure the area around you is clean and germ-free
  • Warm the unopened vial and syringe in your hands
  • Remove protective cap from the vial. Clean the rubber stopper with alcohol, being careful not to handle it
  • Peel cover off vial adapter. Do not remove adapter from plastic casing
  • Place adapter over the vial, by holding plastic casing, and snap into place
  • Remove plastic casing, being careful not to handle adapter
  • Remove plunger rod from the box, by holding the top plate only; do not touch the sides or threaded stopper
  • Hold syringe upright, grasp plunger rod by top plate, and attach by turning clockwise into threaded stopper
  • Hold syringe by barrel and snap the cap off its tip. Do not touch syringe tip with your hand
    or any surface
  • Attach syringe to the vial adapter by
    turning clockwise
  • Slowly push plunger to inject syringe content into vial
  • Swirl vial gently until KOGENATE® Bayer is completely dissolved. Do not shake vial. Do not use cloudy solutions, or those containing visible particles*
  • Draw the entire contents of vial into syringe by turning the vial upside down, and slowly and smoothly withdrawing plunger rod

For more information contact your local Haemophilia Centre

* Do not use KOGENATE® Bayer if there are any imperfections and/or discolouration. Contact your healthcare professional.

Produced by Bayer. This website is intended for residents of the UK.
Date of preparation: December 2010 UK.PH.HN.KOG.2010.250.70.3