RE: Saline for i/v flush

Denise Cooke — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 09:06:44 GMT

We used sterile water for injection.

RE: Saline for i/v flush

Katie Liles — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:36:34 GMT

Thats great thanks, I had a little look at that. Thanks so much for your help

Katie x

RE: Saline for i/v flush

Alison Clare Hickman — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:23:34 GMT

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189676/ - an interesting read with this conclusion...

In conclusion, the results of the current study offer data relevant to decisions about the appropriate amount of time to keep fluids for chronic administration. The results suggest that, with aseptic technique, fluids used frequently (10 times daily) and infrequently (once daily here) can be maintained safely for as long as 30 and 60 d, respectively. Given the wide variety of conditions under which such fluids might be maintained and the potential for personnel to stray from rigorous aseptic technique, a prudent action to mitigate risk is to consider shorter storage times.

Clearly you would want to err on the side of caution when attending to patients that are critical, in isolation or undergoing chemotherapy or similar. The last sentence in the conclusion is telling... can you really be sure that your techniques are rigorous enough? Especially when you can get 250ml or even 100ml bags so cheaply it seems daft to risk it, imo.

Hth

Ali h