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03/20/18 BG -- KCl 20 mEq piggybacks - IVPB volume change LA/SA!!
From: Becky Ginn
Sent: 20 March, 2018 08:50 AM
To: Pharmacy Department
Subject: KCl 20 mEq piggybacks - IVPB volume change LA/SA!!
Importance: High
Due to the shortage of BOTH small volume IV fluids (piggybacks) and potassium chloride vials, beginning this afternoon KCl 20 mEq IVPB doses ENTERED INTO iCARE will use the commercially available 20 mEq/100 mL piggybacks (999554). Previously this dose/concentration was 20 mEq/50 mL (17611). This will affect all three hospitals later today.
Please refer to the attached picture (also below) for the LOOK ALIKE/SOUND ALIKE for these two piggybacks. Use extreme caution as both volumes will potentially be available/dispensed. This new concentration (20 mEq/100 mL) IS AVAILABLE FOR NURSES TO PICK WITH THE MOST RECENT IV PUMP UPDATES.
It is likely that the remaining stock of the 20 mEq/50 mL piggybacks will be used up in NON-profile Pyxis machines. So both products will be in the distribution pipeline.
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Becky Ginn, Pharm.D.
Huntsville Hospital
Sent: 20 March, 2018 08:50 AM
To: Pharmacy Department
Subject: KCl 20 mEq piggybacks - IVPB volume change LA/SA!!
Importance: High
Due to the shortage of BOTH small volume IV fluids (piggybacks) and potassium chloride vials, beginning this afternoon KCl 20 mEq IVPB doses ENTERED INTO iCARE will use the commercially available 20 mEq/100 mL piggybacks (999554). Previously this dose/concentration was 20 mEq/50 mL (17611). This will affect all three hospitals later today.
Please refer to the attached picture (also below) for the LOOK ALIKE/SOUND ALIKE for these two piggybacks. Use extreme caution as both volumes will potentially be available/dispensed. This new concentration (20 mEq/100 mL) IS AVAILABLE FOR NURSES TO PICK WITH THE MOST RECENT IV PUMP UPDATES.
It is likely that the remaining stock of the 20 mEq/50 mL piggybacks will be used up in NON-profile Pyxis machines. So both products will be in the distribution pipeline.
--
Becky Ginn, Pharm.D.
Huntsville Hospital