IV COMPATIBILITY

Scenario

Mr. Ross is a 58-year-old patient admitted for a rule-out myocardial infarction. He has been started on heparin as a continuous intravenous infusion. Due to fluid problems and a question of an infection, he is also ordered Lasix, gentamicin, and ampicillin. All drugs are to be administered intravenously.

The nurse would like to use one IV line if possible. To be sure these medications are compatible, she will use the IV INDEX^® System with Trissel's Tables.

Using this scenario, you will learn how to:

• Create an IV Drug Profile for a patient
• Calculate the IV Compatibility of the drug profile
• Read the results of the Trissel's Tables^® and Gold Standard Multimedia^® compatibility data

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