IV Capatibilities

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I have a question for you CCU nurses. It's just a simple one, but anything we nurses do not know, you know we need to ask!

If you have two lines going into a patient, one with dopamine piggybacked to normal saline, and another line with a Lidocaine drip going piggybacked to normal saline, which line is it safe to

hang an antibiotic drip through? I am assuming the Lido drip, because Dopamine always seems to be not compatible with many things. Please let me know...

Thanks!

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CCUNRS:

Exactly. I figured holding the antibiotic for a bit wouldn't compromise his care. I was about to take him to the CCU

where a central line would be placed anyway due to the

dopa administration. Anyway, this was at a teaching hospital,

and the antibiotic was part of a research study regarding

this antibiotic and pneumonia. Apparently he had some

infiltrates on CXR, plus he was in heart failure.

Thanks for the input.