Fresh Frozen Plasma

[Butternut]

Can regular pump tubing be used for infusion of FFP or is Blood tubing required? I have been told both ways from several Critical Care nurses.

[meownsmile, BSN, RN]

We're using a pump but I wondered if I could just use regular pump tubing in the pump for the FFP instead of using blood tubing in the pump for FFP.

I dont think regular pump sets are approved for blood administration, they dont have filters. The blood sets for pumps and the Y-type sets both have filters built in the sets themselves.