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I can fax you the paperwork from USP and Abbott if that would help. Do you pour your meds in a cup or draw them up like locals?

AFter speaking with Abbott and the US Pharmocopaedia who makes the labeling, BOTH slaines are identical and the only reason for labeling it Irrigation VS. injection in this size container is the type of container. You cannot hang a semi rigid bottle so due to the vessel type it is labeled irrigation. So if you want to save some $ for this type of usage, go to bottles rather than IV bags. Check it ouT

WE have received information from Abbott that the two salines are IDENTICAL in composition, the difference only being the delivery system used. Obviously you cannot infuse from a plastic semi-rigid bottle. Using this saves the pt/hospital quite a bit of money especially when you have it open on your field

We have always used the bottled irrigating saline on our back table. There are times that we add heparin for irrigating vascular cases. We have contacted Abbott and they have essentially told us that the solutions are the same and that the labeling is different for three reasons. 1) bottle are labeled for IRRIGATION only so that no one will try to spike and hang them 2) that the particulate matter is more controlled in the IV solution than the irrigating due to USP standards for IV infiltration and 3) the volume of fluid id the 3000ml bag is label for irrigation only so that someone won't try to had a 3000ml bag and not check the IV site for three days! My question, when you decant a bag of "IV" NaCl on the field you no longer have control of the particulate matter that is in the open bowl, therefore there is no difference from the bottle or bag as you are open to the room enviornment. Who feels the same and who practices this? What do you do with lets say the hep. flush that you may use in infusaport insertions or IVC filter insertions? Do you use a closed IV system to flush after insertion of these or do you use the open bowl with heparin?