Drawing up doses of inhaled meds

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Tue, 09/25/2018 - 12:16
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Karen Thompson
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Drawing up doses of inhaled meds

How do you draw up a patient-specific dose of an inhaled med? It is my understanding that the product needs to remain sterile, therefore doses should be drawn up in an ISO Class 5 environment into a sterile syringe.

1. Are you drawing up inhaled meds in your IV room hood?

2. Do you dispense them in an IV syringe, or an oral syringe?

3. If you do use oral syringes, are you using a STERILE oral syringe? If so, what manufacturer are you using? (Looking for sizes up to 10mL)

thank you for taking time to respond!

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