Time Between Admin of Opioid and Benzodiazepine

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Tue, 05/03/2016 - 13:30
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Carol L. Welch
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Time Between Admin of Opioid and Benzodiazepine

Greetings,

Looking for what other facilities are using when a patient is ordered an opioid and a benzodiazepine as the safest amount of time to wait when giving one before administering the other.

I have heard a few facilities are using a 1 hour rule of thumb but could not find any literature to support any safe time frame.

Thanks,
Carol Welch, Pharm.D., M.S., CPHQ
Medication Safety Officer
Sparrow Healthcare System
Lansing, MI

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