What is it about?
Many drugs are administered directly into vein when patents are in hospital. The equipment used to give these drugs are often disposed of containing active drug.
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Why is it important?
The accumulation of drug discarded can result in the equivalent to one full dose not being administered over 3-4 days. With the importance of ensuring the full course of antibiotics are taken by the public, the work here raises a unknown under dosing that is occurring frequently in the hospital setting.
Perspectives
I hope this article opens up conversations about how to solve the problem of under dosing via infused drugs.
Dawn Cooper
Sheffield Hallam University
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This page is a summary of: Non-flushing of IV administration sets: an under-recognised under-dosing risk, British Journal of Nursing, July 2018, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2018.27.14.s4.
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