Important Patient Safety and Practice Change regarding Lipids!

Attention Nurses!

 

Starting Friday, June 27^th, PNs and lipids will no longer be run as “IV Fluids” in the Alaris pump.

You can find them under “Guardrails drugs.”

For PNs, select the item with the appropriate dextrose concentration

·        There is a wildcard entry if the dextrose is not a standard concentration

·        Guardrails rate safety checks will now be based on the GIR (glucose infusion rate in mg/kg/min)

For lipids, if infused separately from PN, Guardrails safety checks will now be based on “dose” of lipids in g/kg/day.

Questions? Ask your nurse educator or PharmD!