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IV help

if iv therapy d5 1/2 NS 1000 cc q8h is ordered what iv tubing should be used

and d5w KVO-what tubing?

How often should a IV infusion bag set at a KVO rate be changed?

TIA

KIM

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if iv therapy d5 1/2 NS 1000 cc q8h is ordered what iv tubing should be used

and d5w KVO-what tubing?

How often should a IV infusion bag set at a KVO rate be changed?

TIA

KIM

Not really sure what you are asking; but, I'll give it a try.

As for the IV tubing, just use standard tubing. If you are going to use a pump, also use standard pump tubing. If you are asking the question about tubing because you are concerned about drip rate calculations, there isn't a need for microdrip tubing when you use d5; but, you can use it and adjust your calculations, relative to the drip factor, accordingly.

As for KVO rate, what will that be? I ask because there are different rates used that are considered KVO. To answer the question on how often a bag should be changed at KVO rate would require knowing the amount of the bag (250mL, 500mL, 1 L...) and what the actual KVO rate is. So, if you had a 1 liter bag on a pump at 100 mL per hour, it would take 10 hours for the bag to empty & if that bag only had 500mL, then you would have to change it out in 5 hours.

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if iv therapy d5 1/2 ns 1000 cc q8h is ordered what iv tubing should be used?

for 125cc/hour any standard iv tubing can be used, however, the most practical for counting the drops is 15 gtts/ml, 20 gtts/ml or 10 gtts/ml tubings.

and d5w kvo-what tubing?

"kvo" is not an acceptable order for an iv unless the facility has a policy in place that describes exactly what the specific infusion rate for kvo is. i have seen facilities use 30-50cc/hour as the kvo rate on gravity drip ivs. pediatric (microdrip) tubing works best for this because the rate can be easily titrated than with other standard iv sets.

how often should a iv infusion bag set at a kvo rate be changed?

i have been searching my ins standards of care to verify this and cannot find it! i was always taught, and most facilities had a policy, that 24 hours of hang on any bag of iv fluids was the limit and then it had to be changed.

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Thank you so much

That was the only information provided to us

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