IV Drug Compatabilities

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

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Hi

Does anyone out there in vast cyberspace know of a quick reliable web resource on IV drug compatabilities (dopamine, nitroglycerin, cardizem, etc)????

Thank you for your assistance. :)

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That would be nice, I'm tired of calling pharmacy all the time.

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

ME TOO!!!!

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Specializes in Trauma acute surgery, surgical ICU, PACU.

Ask your managers - we have a handy chart that cross-references almost all of the iv drugs we give. It hangs on the wall of the med room for close reference. I'll have a look and see if I can figure out which company prints it.

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Specializes in ER, PACU, OR.

i'm not sure exactly why you are asking :confused:

however, when i have a ccu patient, or someone with an acute mi i do my own thing. i start three lines on all those patients. you can run ntg/dopamine/dobutamine/heparin/lidocaine all in one line if you have too. then i use my 2nd line, for incompatible drips, like riapro, integrelin, tpa, etc etc. the third line, i use fir any ivpu meds you mght need to give, that are not compatible with anything (i.e. lopressor, retivase, etc etc).

me :)

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you run dope through a peripheral? we only di it in an absolutly emergent situation, and even then policy states a cvc must be in within 2 hours.

We have those charts also but they are out dated.

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Specializes in Med-Surg Nursing.

At my hospital we run dopamine through a peripheral line--docs at my place seem "afraid" to put in a central line. It is policy though to have the doc write an order for regitine should the line (god forbid) infiltrate.

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