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 ...

Syringes aren’t just for diabetic patients who need to self-administer insulin. In addition to the clinical and pharmacy setting, patients use them at home for IVF, pet insulin, allergy ...

ISMP can envision other problems not mentioned in response to the survey when using prefilled cartridges as vials. Nurses may want to dilute small volumes of IV push medications to aid slow ...

“Anytime we can convert the administration of a drug to something we push with a syringe, so-called IV push, away from an IV drip, we did that and used a lot less fluid in doing so you can’t ...

MONTREAL, Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Theratechnologies Inc. (“Theratechnologies” or the “Company”) (TSX: TH) (NASDAQ: THTX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development ...

Theratechnologies. Reduces maintenance dose from a 15-minute IV infusion to a 30-second, undiluted IV push every two weeks. Safety profile of Trogarzo ® IV push similar to that of IV infusion ...

You have some chemotherapy drugs as an injection into your bloodstream. This is sometimes called an IV bolus or push. The drug is in a small amount of liquid in a syringe. Your nurse will attach the ...

Published results showed syringe pump induction may be associated with less propofol waste compared with manual induction after IV anesthesia for outpatient surgery. “In some institutions ...