We put all Vanco doses in 250ml and haven't had any problems. We always use a central line and usual infusion time is 60 minutes unless the patient has rate-related reaction. Do you know to which guidelines the pharmacist is referring?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Riley, Deb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 2:18 pm Subject: vanc infusion volumes > Can homecare members give me some feedback on how your vanc is > suppliedfor home infusion. We used to have any vanc doses up to > 1.5gm put in > 250ml diluent to infuse over 60-90 minutes. Anything over 1.5gm > went in > 500ml of diluent to infuse over 2-2 1/2hr. The pharmacist is now > telling us they have to put 1.5gm in 500ml in order to meet > guidelines.Is everyone else doing the same? > > > > Deb Riley RN CRNI > Infusion Supervisor > Summa's Homecare > Akron, Ohio > > > >
