potassium replacement protocols

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Wed, 05/21/2025 - 14:03

Jennifer McKenna

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potassium replacement protocols

A couple questions related to potassium replacement protocols:

1) Do your protocols include replacement for potassium values 3.5 or higher? We recently conducted an MUE and observed that the higher potassium values were less likely to be replaced. I think it may be because they don't flag in the lab system as abnormal and the potassium orders are PRN. Is there clinical value in replacing the higher levels for most patients?

For Cerner clients:
2) Has anyone accomplished automation of repeat labs and/or alerting the nurses to a potassium value that needs replaced?

Thanks!

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