NICU IV fluids

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Stephen Rolfe
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NICU IV fluids

Good afternoon,

I was wondering if any institutions are drawing up commercially available IV fluids for neonates in 50 mL syringes? Our NICU requested that pharmacy makes 50 mL syringes for 6 commercially available IV solutions (examples: D5W-0.225% NaCl, D10W) for our neonates who weigh