3% sodium chloride infusion outside of critical care

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Madiha Syed
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3% sodium chloride infusion outside of critical care

Does anyone allow the infusion of 3% sodium chloride outside of a critical care/ICU area? We have nephrology order it occasionally on our short stay or telemetry unit but our policy says it can only be administered in Critical Care. We are reviewing if that policy needs to change. We do have a dual sign set up in Epic because it's a high risk infusion.

Thanks.

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