Ensure Safety With IV Potassium Chloride
August 2021
You'll hear about a deadly error with IV potassium chloride.
Concentrated potassium chloride for injection has been considered high-alert for decades...injecting the 2 mEq/mL solution UNdiluted can stop the heart.
But recently, concentrated potassium chloride was mistakenly given IV push to a coding ICU patient...with a fatal outcome.
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