At a recent meeting of the AAMI Healthcare Technology Safety Institute, researchers from the University of Toronto released a report that provides nine specific recommendations to reduce the risks ...

A majority of nurses — 83 percent — reported that they further dilute certain IV push medications for adult patients prior to administration, according to a survey conducted by the Institute for Safe ...

JEFFERSON CITY — In Missouri, licensed practical nurses with the appropriate qualifications can now administer most IV push or bolus medications under the direction and supervision of a registered ...

Levocarnitine 1g/5mL; soln for IV bolus inj or infusion; preservative-free. Secondary carnitine deficiency: 50mg/kg as slow (2–3mins) IV bolus inj or infusion; usual max 300mg/kg. May give loading ...

Titan Enterprises (Sherborne, UK) reports on its involvement in the development of a unique disposable flow sensor for CRISI Medical Systems (San Diego, USA), a subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson and ...

Paricalcitol 2mcg/mL, 5mcg/mL; soln for IV inj; contains alcohol. Give as IV bolus inj during dialysis. Initially 0.04–0.1mcg/kg (2.8–7mcg) no more often than every other day; may increase in ...

A San Antonio woman has spent the last decade developing a product and creating a company that aims to clearly label IV ...

Opioid switch and change of route of administration in palliative care cancer patients treated by morphine: Update of French guidelines. Frequency and factors predicting the risk for aberrant opioid ...

Evaluation of race as a prognostic factor in multiple myeloma. An ancillary of Southwest Oncology Group Study 8229. Patients with advanced malignancies were eligible. There were two treatment cycles; ...

In the UK, four thrombolytic agents are licensed and available to treat AMI. All act by promoting the activity of circulating plasminogen. There is a long history of use of one, streptokinase, whereas ...