[renerian]

I have always used the tubing that came with the albumin without trouble. Interesting to hear others solutions.

renerian

[Paige Turner RN]

where I work the albumin comes with it's own tubing................. never had a problem with it.

[Gompers]

It seems like the original problem was with priming IV tubing made to run in an infusion pump, instead of using the tubing supplied. The suggestion about priming the tubing with saline first, then spiking the albumin might work in that case, since the pump will do all the work "pulling" the albumin through the line once it's running. Though like I said, I haven't had a problem priming Horizon infusion pump tubing with 5% albumin.