Department of Nursing, AZ Delta, Roeselare, Belgium
Research Article
Assessment Intermittent Dosing of Antibiotics: IV Infusion or IV Push? The Impact of Administration Technique on Dose Delivered, Nursing Practice and Hospital Budget
Author(s): Missiaen L*, De Schoenmakere G, Valcke L and Decroix N
Purpose: Hospitalised patients are often treated with Intravenous (IV) antibiotics due to their critical illnes or inability to swallow oral medication. Intravenous therapy can be achieved by intermittent IV infusion, IV push administration or continuous infusion regimens. Tubing residuals impact the administration of adequate drug doses. We evaluated whether IV push injection is superior to intermittent IV infusion for antibiotics in a theoretical model. Based on these findings we describe the implementation of this administration protocol in a large size non-university hospital (1.403 beds) in Belgium, with its benefits and disadvantages.
Methods: All Antibiotics on the formulary of the hospital were evaluated for their aptness to be administered by slow IV push injection. The nursing practice of the two administration techniques was analy.. View More»