Focus on Safety Limits With Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition
February 2026
You are a line of defense to help pharmacists ensure peripheral parenteral nutrition (PPN) orders are dispensed safely.
Parental nutrition (PN) is a high-alert med. It involves giving nutrients (dextrose, amino acids, fats, electrolytes, etc) through an IV.
It’s ideal to give PN through a central line...an IV catheter that travels into larger blood vessels in the chest, near the heart.
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