What's the max dose Pitocin is allowed at your hospital?

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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CA - max dose 20 mU/min

Specializes in L&D.

20 mu/min. If you hit 20, and the doc wants to go higher, they have to write a progress note and an order to go higher. I have gone as high as 36 mu/min. Don't ask. I wasn't happy about it.

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Specializes in Public Health, L&D, NICU.

At the last hospital I worked at, policy was 20mu/min was the highest we could go unless we had a physician's order overriding this. We had several doctors who routinely asked us to go up to 30 mu/min. To go over the 20mu/min limit, we also needed to have an IUPC so we could assess and document adequacy of labor. (RN could place IUPC if certified)

Southeastern US

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Specializes in L&D.

DE hospital 40. PA hospital - 20 but MD can write for more..

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20mu/min is our max too but as with many of you, our docs can write an order to go over. I, personally, haven't had to exceed 20 though.

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3x3 every 30, max of 42. I've maxed out more than once :(

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2x2 q20 max is 30--Scott&White TX

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