Oxytocin concentration standardization?

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Wed, 04/13/2022 - 13:56

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Jaime L Gray

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Oxytocin concentration standardization?

Given the new ISMP 2022-2023 best practice recommendation to standardize oxytocin concentration for both labor & delivery and post-partum, have any institutions successfully done this or already use one concentration for both indications?

We currently use 30units/500mL for L&D dosed in milliunits/min. Post-partum, once the anterior shoulder is delivered, we switch to oxytocin 20units/1000mL bag which is dosed in mL/h.

If you use one concentration, do you use the same dosing units (milliunits/min)?

If you changed from the 20units/1000mL bags for post-partum, what safety measures did you put in place to ensure clear change over to using the same concentration bag as L&D (30units/500mL)?

Any other things you did/do would be helpful!

Thanks,
Jaime