Pantoprazole IV question!

[RNinRubySlippers, BSN, RN]

How long does your hospital run Pantoloc (Pantoprazole) IV for? The new hosp I work at runs it ver 5 hours! 100mL @ 20cc/hr Its nuts, The other 2 hsopitals I worked at just ran it over 30-60 mins! Any imput? Or rationale as to why this may be? I am gonna ask pharmacy on my next day shift. Thanks all!

[caroladybelle, BSN, RN]

I know that protonix has just recently been approved by many places to be given slow IV push. And the newer formulation doesn't require a filter.

[austin heart, BSN, RN]

We Protonix slow IV push.

[RNinRubySlippers, BSN, RN]

yeah I read that as well...

Well I wonder why the heck it is being ran over 5 hours!

[unknown99, BSN, RN]

5 Hours????? Wow!!!

We run it over 60 minutes. We use to filter it, but now we don't. I do not know why.

[ButterflyRN04]

I work peds and within the last year our hospital changed to the formula that doesn't require a filter. We run it for about 30-45 minutes. I have never heard it being for more than an hour, even in peds.

[lil'nurse]

We run it in as fast as over 15 min. I thought that you didn't need a filter anymore as long as it wasn't mixed with anything else .

[pricklypear]

We run it over 30 minutes generally. Sometimes we will have someone on a Protomix drip and will run 1 bag over 5 hours, then hang another.

[kabarnes]

we run it over 15 minutes too. No need for a filter anymore either. 5 hours sounds pretty crazy to me.

[bellehill, RN]

Slow IVP, no filter needed anymore. When it first came out we ran it IVPB over 20 minutes on a separate line with filter. We IVP Pepcid too which used to be IVPB.

[babynursewannab]

I believe I just gave a Protonix 2 minute IVP last night. 5 hours! what a waste of a line!!!

[RNinRubySlippers, BSN, RN]

exactly! waste of my lines! well i will ask pharmacy the rationale on my next day...do you run it with say NS c 20 KCL? or just ns? this hosp does wierd stuff!!!!