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  1. Normal Saline Shortage

    I am an Rn in a small outpatient chemo infusion center. The saline shortage is becoming a real problem for us. I am wondering what other small clinics like us are doing as far as infusion strategies during this severe shortage.
  2. Does normal saline "expire"?

    In a bit of a bind here. I am taking a trip to Africa to assist in Surgery in May. I've put out a call for donations of supplies etc, and have gotten some things, and some more are coming. Today, a nice lady donated 2 big boxes of 0.9% NS in 250...
  3. Blood transfusion and Normal saline bag.

    At this forum, there are lots of discussion about blood transfusion and normal saline bag. Some nurses never use normal saline to prime the infusion line, as they use blood to prime the line. Other nurses use normal saline to keep the vein open. Cert...
  4. Normal Saline as a flush for PEG

    Hi. So I just have a quick question because I love to learn. I have a patient who is post crani- after a subdural. Anyways she's NPO and on a tube feed continuously. Which is all normal but her flushes is normal saline every 4 hours for hydration. I ...
  5. Normal saline bag.

    In Australia, normal saline bag is provided with 50 mL, 100 mL, 250 mL, 500 mL, or 1000 mL. Sometimes we need to use 150 mL or 200 mL normal saline bag. Therefore, we need to draw out 100 mL from 250 mL bag, in order to get 150 mL bag. Also, we need ...
  6. Salbutamol with normal saline

    When the patient has difficultly breathing, o2 sats really low and has history of bad asthma, can we give salbutamol 5mg/2.5ml mix with nornal saline with nebuliser? Or just salbutamol by itself ? If we can give normal saline with it, why is it ? Ho...