diluting I.V lasix

I already responded, but just thought of something that might make a difference... at the hospital I work at now, the IV admin policies change from unit to unit...for example, ER and other critical care areas will allow you to give some meds undiluted, but on a med/surg unit, they would need to be diluted. For the life of me, I cannot remember the difference for Lasix, but in ER it is generally undiluted.

I really don't know what our P&P is on Lasix and dilluting, but, I dilute everything-good habit from nursing school, even if they have fluid running, I still dilute!! Especially Demerol/Phenergan. I know from personal experience that some of the nurses on my unit don't.

Boy am I glad I found this thread!! I was told to dilute lasix in nursing school also. So last night I was telling a nursing student that she needed to dilute lasix and one of the other nurses piped up and said he had never even heard of diluting lasix. I was told that lasix burns, and thats why it needs to be diluted. Needless to say, this nurse made me feel really stupid for even suggesting that I dilute the lasix. I am glad there are fellow nurses that have also heard of diluting lasix!

I do not dilute. I just push slowly. I have never given more than 80 mg at a time.

I've never diluted Lasix, either. And I work in NICU, where everything seems to need dilution because of the fragile babies' veins. We just give the 10mg/ml injection straight up, slow IV push (1mg/kg/dose). The only time we'll dilute it is if the dose is less than 1mg, but that's only for accuracy since those doses would be <0.1ml if using it at the normal 10mg/ml dilution.

I was told that certain drugs you don't dilute with NS and lasix is one of them because it effects how they work on the body, ie they are not as effective.

We were told that too - so if we need to dilute a small dose, we use vials of sterile water instead, as does pharmacy. We make it 1mg/ml if we're diluting.

I have never diluted IV Lasix.

Pharmacy told me it doesn't matter an long as you don't push any faster than 10mg per minute. I never dilute either, unless, for times sake, I'll put 80mg in a 25c PB. The largest does I've ever had to give was 160 mg.

I don't understand not mixing lasix with NS, we have lasix/diurel drips mixed in a 100CC NS bag, all the time.

Same here, never have diluted it