Question about how other hospitals are administering famotidine IV push?
The famotidine package insert recommends to dilute 2 mL of famotidine 10 mg/mL solution with NS or other compatible solution to a total volume of 5 or 10 mL prior to administering IV push.
Does anyone have any experience with the safety of administering undiluted famotidine 10 mg/mL by slow IV push into a patent IV followed by an NS flush?
I think there are benefits to reducing the amount of dilution performed by the pharmacy or bedside RNs in this case.