BCG vaccine is diluted with: September 2005

Ans. A: Normal saline BCG Vaccine (Freeze-Dried) for intracutaneous administration, as prepared by Connaught Laboratories Limited, is made from a culture of an attenuated strain of living bovine tubercle bacillus (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin). It is supplied as a freeze-dried product ready for immediate use following reconstitution with the accompanying diluent, which consists of sterile phosphate-buffered normal saline. Distilled water may cause irritation.