Apr 8, 201016 yr If you were instilling 2 different types of eye drops to a patient how long would you wait between administering each drop? More Like This Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA Med school drop out, now a CRNA. Ask me anything... 130 Replies Active 01/26/2025 11:05 PM
Apr 8, 201016 yr Policy at my facility is 3-5 mins between different types of eye drops. Hope that helps.
Apr 8, 201016 yr I'm not sure we have a policy at my hospital, but when I had eye surgery my ophthalmologist said 3-5 minutes between drops.
Apr 8, 201016 yr Passing meds to 40 pts within a 2 hr frame is 3 min per pt. Sometimes 5 min between gtts doesn't happen in the real world.
Apr 8, 201016 yr Normally, at least a few minutes. The only exception to this that I know of is when we send patients for eye surgery...we do four drops, five minutes apart, so you give each one in succession, wait five minutes, and do it again.
If you were instilling 2 different types of eye drops to a patient how long would you wait between administering each drop?