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- Published on: 25 August 2005
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- Published on: 25 August 2005Re: Inadvertent overdosing of neonatesShow More
Dear Editor,
I agree with you that there can be overdosage while administrating IV medications in neonates. These are few of the precautions we take in our neonatal unit to avoid medication errors.
1. The required quantity of diluent is first drawn in the syringe and then the required amount of the drug is drawn in the syringe and quantity measured in the middle part of the syringe.
2. Required qua...
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None declared. - Published on: 25 August 2005Avoiding another source of dilutional errorsShow More
Dear Editor,
Both Drs. Bhambhani and Richmond miss an important point in discussing methods to avoid syringe dead space errors in diluting medications for neonatal dosing. The assumption that volumes as small as 0.02 cc can be accurately measured with a 1 cc syringe is erroneous. A number of years ago I was investigating the etiology of wildly erratic gentamicin levels and learned that the syringe manufacturer on...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 August 2005Avoiding the syringe dead spaceShow More
Dear Editor,
There is a simpler solution to the problem of the syringe dead space when diluting drugs which was raised by Dr Bhambani et al. and that is to draw some of the diluent into the syringe first. Perhaps I may be allowed to quote from the section on neonatal drug administration on page 5 of the Neonatal Formulary (4th edition, 2003 - www.neonatalformulary.com).
"Many drugs have to be diluted be...
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