Help Your Team Transition to National Standards for Adult IV Drip Concentration

January 2017

National standard concentrations for adult IV continuous infusions will reduce the risk of med errors during transitions of care.

This is a big deal. Serious dosing errors can occur if a patient's IV drip concentration is changed, but the drip rate isn't adjusted.

Having a standard set of concentrations that ALL hospitals use will limit problems.

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Table of Contents

Med Safety Find Out if Your Pharmacy Has Special Arrangements for Managing Antidote Stock
Pumps Ask About Ambulatory Pump Details for Med Histories
Critical Care Expect to Dispense IV Blood Pressure Meds for Deceased Organ Donors
Surgery Alert Your Pharmacist to Postoperative Antibiotic Orders Without Stop Dates
Med Safety Help Your Team Transition to National Standards for Adult IV Drip Concentration
OTC Products Help Prevent Overdoses and Mix-Ups With OTCs
Diabetes Adlyxin and Soliqua Join a Crowded Market of Injectable Diabetes Meds
Obesity & Weight Loss Help Keep Weight Loss Meds Straight During Transitions of Care
Vaccines Expect Pregnant Women to Get Tdap Vaccine With Every Pregnancy
Vaccines Shingrix Will Be a Cousin to the Zostavax Vaccine
Medication Errors Avoid Mix-Ups With Tradjenta, Trulicity, Tanzeum, Toujeo, and Tresiba