Bivalirudin IV Pump Guardrails

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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 16:56
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Fiona Lui
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Bivalirudin IV Pump Guardrails

We are re-evaluating our bivalirudin guardrails after a medication error.

Currently we have two library files
Bivalirudin (HIT) & Bivalirudin (PCI), the soft maxes were both set at 1.76 mg/kg/hr and we were planning to lower the bivalirudin (HIT) soft max to 0.6 mg/kg/hr.

Additionally, we were going to rename the (HIT) library file because we are using bivalirudin for indications outside of HIT, like ECMO, but were not coming up with a good alternative name.

Interested in hearing how others differentiate PCI vs non-PCI library selections for bivalirudin in their pump guardrails & their soft maxes?

Thank you!

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