
CHAPTER
11
Intraveno
us
PharmacoLogic
Therap
~
.L"'-'
Basic Principles
of
Administering
I.V.
Pharmacologic Agents ,
Q,
n,.re
are
"""'"
I=
ic guido
lir>e>
t
ha
t
mu"
be
follo,,'ed
wbeDe,"'
any medication
i.
admini.tered
int ...
,enou,ly,
n,.",
include the following,
Only "",dicatiOOJ that
lire
.pecific.lly
rTIlInufoctured and
.pproved
by
the Food and
Drug
Administration
(FDA)
for 1 y,
u'"
should he gi,..,n
int ...
wnoudy,
Medications should
00\
.. " be
u«"<l
past theiI expiration
d.'e
bee.u",
they can become ullSt.ble and
Ie
..
dfe<1i,'e,
li
l ewise. multi
p"'-dose
medication
,i
.
l.
mu"
he
marl ed with t
he
da'e
on
wh",h
they ,,'ere opened
and
eHfltu.lly
di"""ded
based on
manufaclure,',
guideli"".,
Many
medic
..
ion.
oxpire 30 d. ys
af
t
'"
a vial
i.
opened,
Opened
vi.l.
,ha,
are
001
da
ted should
be
discarded,
Sterility
of
the
med"'ation
.nd
I. Y.
deli"«)'
.yst<m must
be
maintoined
during administ ... tion
to
pre,"nt
""psi •.
n,........,
often that
,be
I,V.
i
nfu,ion
""up
i.
:occesoed. rTIlInipulated.
or
di=pted
'0
admini
'tef
medic
..
ion •. the great
.,
i.
the lil<lihoOO th
..
contamina
tion
"'ill
OCruI,
In,n,..,OOII. medications can be admini.tered
only
with
><>iLltion
...
rified
'"
ooml"'tible.
Comp.'ibl<
",Iutions and "",dic>tion. can
be
admiud
,,'ithout
changing
thei,
potency
Of
effecti.'en.",
Mi<ing medio
..
ions
,hat
. re
i
ocanl""ible
C>II
re.ult
in in ..... ivation
of
the medication •. changed efficocy
of
the medication •.
01
precipitation
of
cry
...
I.
in
the
><>iu,ion.
which <an
berome
emboli when administered i
ntraw
.....
>.!y,
By the
»me
token.
LV.
medications can be admini,tered
only
in
the
»me
lV.
Ii
..
"'ith
other 1
Y.
medications
.fte,
the>e
medications are ,..,rifled ••
roml"'tible.
If
••
ingle
I,
y, line
i.
u>Cd
to
admini
"",
tw
o medic
..
ion<
that are incoml"'tible. the
line
"'""
be Hushed wi,h .ufficient
",
I
u"",
of
",
Iution oom]»tible with both
medications bet"'",,n admini>l"ltion •. Many
medicali""
• • re rornpotible
with
eithe,
~
% dextrose in
w.te,
(D,
W)
or
0,<)%
..
line
(i.~"
""""""
...:line
INS])
",I
utions.
Manufacl
....
,.
guidolir>e>
mu"
be
folloo.-ed whe,,,,,..,, a
"",dic
..
ion
i,
rec<>n>tituted
0<
diluted
with.
",
Iution (i,e
..
diluent), A medication that
i.
reconstituted
0<
dilu,ed shook! he gently
.hal<n
to eMure that the medicalion
i.
uniformly
mi,ed
with the solution.
li
....
,i>e.
medic
..
ions admi
>.ed
in
l.V,
bottle. or
b.g
. shook! be gently >haken
Wore
admini.tr.ltion.