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ADDITION OF DRUGS TO INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS 1
Author(s) -
Engel Graham
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92649.x
Subject(s) - drug , medical practice , medicine , intravenous drug , intensive care medicine , contamination , pharmacology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , ecology , viral disease , biology
There has been a considerable increase in the addition of drugs to intravenous fluids in medical practice over the past few years. The hazards associated with the practice result from microbiological contamination, incompatibility, drug degradation, ineffective drug levels, and increased opportunity for hospital medication errors. The risk to the patient is unacceptably high if this practice is carried out as a routine without adequate knowledge and precautionary measures.