Intermittent IVPB – how to ensure full dose is receive by patient when using medication pumps

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Maria Cumpston
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Intermittent IVPB – how to ensure full dose is receive by patient when using medication pumps

What tactics are you using at your site to ensure that the full dose of intermittent IVPBs (i.e antibiotics, chemotherapy, etc) is being receive by patients when using medication pumps? At my site, 23ml of medication is left in the tubing once the dose has stopped running – if run as a primary infusion. We haven’t found a perfect solution in getting the remaining amount to the patient and would like to know what others have found to be successful solutions at their sites. Please also include the pump manufacturer that you use if you reply.

Any policies/procedure that you can provide would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Maria Cumpston, PharmD, CPPS
Medication Safety Officer
WVU Medicine
304-598-4000 ext 73356

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