IV KCl Two Peripheral Lines Max

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Fri, 05/12/2023 - 18:19
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Matthew Perez
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IV KCl Two Peripheral Lines Max

Our current IV KCl policy states we can run KCl at 20 meq/hr on cardiac monitored patients with PERIPHERAL lines. There have been numerous error reports of RNs using two different peripheral sites to administer two different bags of 10 meg/100mL on cardiac monitors at the same time, which technically meets the max of 20 meq/hr. I think there is a lot of confusion on if this is appropriate or not. Does anyone spell this out in their policy if this is appropriate? Thanks in advance!

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