Sodium chloride (aka salt) is used in medical treatments such as IV infusions and catheter flushes. Learn more about home and medical uses for salt.

It's a potassium-based salt that food manufacturers mostly use to replace sodium chloride, or table salt. In some applications, it can help lower the presence of sodium by as much as 70%.

Potassium chloride is already found in many processed food products that are labeled "low sodium" or "reduced sodium." It's also found in many lower-sodium seasoning blends, Rizzo says.

Sodium chloride “is one of the simplest and most understood things in the world,” Dr. Brown said. “And yet Journaux just discovered a new form of it that had never been seen before. ...

The product is being recalled because the infusion bag is incorrectly labeled as Levetiracetam in 0.82% Sodium Chloride Injection 500 mg/100 mL single-dose bag, while the aluminum overwrap ...

Stability of Pantoprazole in 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection in Polypropylene Syringes . Cary E. Johnson. Disclosures. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(23):2410-2412. In This Article.