maria100

nope never seen that! Does not sound good. I'm just wondering why no reactions were seen by these two patients thats all. Just wondering if the medications were eliminated in the usual manner. thanks all. I work tomorrow so I can always ask the dr. or pharmacist too!

thanks guys! unfortunately I have seen incompatible meds hung together a couple times, meds that could cause precipitation when combined. Incident reports were done both times, and the patients were ok luckily. I was just curious what happens to the precipitation, just curious if it did dissolve eventually (I know worse can happen). One of the times the med was hung via Y-site and a pharmacist told me b/c the two meds were not in contact for very long this may have not given the medication enough time to form precipitate. Thanks for ur time!

Just curious if 2 incompatible medications were hung together via Y site, would precipitate always form? I was told lower chance b/c of a y-site being used. If so how long does precipitate stay in blood stream before it dissolves? or would a reaction from the patient occur right away? Thanks!