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Continuous presentation: unbounded by container

This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.

Examples: bulk powders and granules, bulk liquids, semi-solids

These presentations are not particularly bound by their container in any way that is meaningful in terms of their use or administration; the Manufactured Item is a continuous presentation and almost all are used in individually calculated and variable amounts.

For example,

Hydrocortisone cream for cutaneous use is contained in a tube, but its use is based on how much is squeezed out and applied to the skin.
Chloramphenicol eye drops are presented in a dropper bottle, but they are administered drop by drop and although the dropper bottle aims to deliver a roughly uniform sized drop to the eye, they are not "metered dose containers" in the way that containers with valves are.

A unit of presentation is not usually given for these products. The pack size (not relevant for SNOMED international model) is given as the Manufactured Item quantity. Strength is expressed as a concentration and as such the presentation strength and the concentration are exactly the same.

Manufactured dose form

Cutaneous cream

Manufactured dose form

Eye drops, solution

Manufactured dose form

Oral granules

Manufactured dose form

Oral solution

Continuous presentation: unbounded by container

This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.

Examples: bulk powders and granules, bulk liquids, semi-solids

For example,

Hydrocortisone cream for cutaneous use is contained in a tube, but its use is based on how much is squeezed out and applied to the skin.
Chloramphenicol eye drops are presented in a dropper bottle, but they are administered drop by drop and although the dropper bottle aims to deliver a roughly uniform sized drop to the eye, they are not "metered dose containers" in the way that containers with valves are.

Manufactured dose form

Cutaneous cream

Manufactured dose form

Eye drops, solution

Manufactured dose form

Oral granules

Manufactured dose form

Oral solution

Continuous presentation: unbounded by container

Continuous presentation: unbounded by container

Example: A 30g tube of hydrocortisone 1% cutaneous cream w/w in an outer box

Example: A bottle of 5 mL of chloramphenicol eye drops 0.5% w/v in an outer box

Example: A pack of 500g of sterculia 62% w/w granules (EDQM –"granules" = "oral granules")

Example: A bottle of 60 mL of digoxin oral solution 50mcg/mL in an outer box (which has an oral syringe in it)