It comes to mind there are epidural tubings for some pumps that are nto only color yellow coded; but also totally not compatible with regular IV tubings too. Instead of having a 'male end'...it has female ends. Of course this just might bring out the ingenuity of some nurses, in their 'jerry rigging' skills!
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Susan Schuetrumpf, CRNI
VASPRO
Atlanta, GA
cell-404-606-1194
Susan Schuetrumpf, CRNI
VASPRO
Atlanta, GA
cell-404-606-1194
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> 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
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> Ambulatory Infusion Services
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> 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
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> > 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.
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