kawatts22

kawatts22 has 7 years experience and specializes in med/surg telemetry.

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1. Should secondary tubing for incompatible meds be back flushed or change the tubing?

   kawatts22 replied to kawatts22's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I was always told different things too! That's why I always ran them separately. I use a resource now called micromedics, I believe. I breaks it down to every strength of vanco and zosyn...

2. Should secondary tubing for incompatible meds be back flushed or change the tubing?

   kawatts22 replied to kawatts22's topic in General Nursing

   The cats name is amazing! And it's weird maybe it's just my floor, but no one ever runs zosyn and vanco together! I did learn recently (only been a nurse for a year) the strengths we use are...

3. Should secondary tubing for incompatible meds be back flushed or change the tubing?

   kawatts22 replied to kawatts22's topic in General Nursing

   Good point. When the secondary med is done running there is some still sitting in the chamber. When I back prime to flush it, the chamber fills with saline and mixes with the med and push it back into...

4. Should secondary tubing for incompatible meds be back flushed or change the tubing?

   kawatts22 replied to kawatts22's topic in General Nursing

   When running a medication like zosyn, at my hospital, we set up a primary normal saline flush bag of 250 mls. So when the med is done running the infusion pump is set to flush the primary line with...

5. Should secondary tubing for incompatible meds be back flushed or change the tubing?

   kawatts22 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I'm new to Allnurses! I'm currently working on my residency project and my hospital has no policy in place for the use of secondary IV tubing. I was looking for input or for resources about...