Hello everyone!

Do you all have policies that explicitly say to give heparin drip via a dedicated line?
And is it run as a primary line vs secondary?

None of our policies specifically say this and we're getting push back from a few folks that want the ability to use the same line for other meds. My understanding has always been that it should be through a dedicated line due to multiple reasons:

I am part of a 500+ bed, urban, academic organization. As far as antibiotic infusions go, we currently only run Zosyn as a primary infusion (run over 4 hours); our other antibiotic infusions are run as a primary/secondary set up. During the normal saline shortage, we ran all antibiotics primary and flushed with a 10 mL flush post infusion. Now that we are able to go back to our primary/secondary set up, we are getting some pushback from nursing.

How does your organization infuse IV antibiotics?