TPN 2 bag delivery process

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Tue, 10/29/2019 - 14:22
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Farzana Samad
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TPN 2 bag delivery process

When we have TPN running at a rate that would require 2 standard TPN bags, we hang Bag 1 of 2 (Clinimix containing multivitamins and trace elements) @ 2000 today, run until complete, and then hang Bag 2 of 2 (plain Clinimix) tomorrow. How do you all deliver Bag 2 of 2, PLAIN Clinimix, if, for example, it is not due until 1400 or 1600 the next day? Do you send BOTH Bag 1 of 2 and Bag 2 of 2 together, or do you send Bag 2 of 2 with batch medications the next day?

Thanks so much!!

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