We use tubing that has a yellow strip down it and also has yellow connectors.
This makes it stand out as different from IV tubing.
Janine
Janine Pritchett, RN,C, BSN
Clinical Supervisor
Ambulatory Infusion Services
Pediatric Infusion Clinic
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital-
IV Therapy
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Subject: Re: Epidural vs IV solution marking question
Ours labels are yellow and there is a large epdiural use only sticker that is
red on them. all other piggybacks have white labels.
Jose
Quoting DAVID LONGSETH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> A question for the list--does your institution use any special way of
> marking epidural solutions to distinguish them readily from IVPB's?
> Currently our Pharmacy puts a neon pink sticker on the epidurals that says
> "CAUTION EPIDURAL" but that,tragically,was not sufficient to prevent an
> administration error. Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> David
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