What are the advantages of using an IV pump to back Prime secondary tubing quizlet?

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- hand hygiene/privacy
- prepare client- introduce, 2x identifiers, and asses
- explain purpose of medication
- asseble secondary infusion
Close clamp on secondary infusion tubing
Spike the secondary medication infusion bag and fully flush tubing. Use the extension hook to lower the primary infusion if piggyback setup required.
Attach teh needleless cannula to tubing
Attach appropriate label to the secondary tubing. SEcondary tubing is generally changed every 24 hours.
- Attach the secondary infusion to primary infusion
Clean Y-port on the primary IV line with antipseptic swab. Clean the primary port (port farthest from client) for a piggyback alignment and the secondary port ( port closest to the patient ) for a tandem setup
If the medication is not compatible with primary infusion, temporarily discontinue the primary infusion. Flush the primary line with a sterile saline solution before attaching the secondary set. To flush the line, wipe the port with an antiseptic swab, clamp the primary line and using a sterile syringe and needless adapter, instill sufficient sterile saline solution through the port to flush any primary fluid out of the infusion tubing
Insert the needleless cannula of the secondary line into the primary tubing port
-Back prime the secondary tubing if the primary and secondary fluids are compatibile lower the medication infusion bag below primary IV bag and open the clamp of the medication bag
Allow the solution from primary IV bag to backfill the secondary IV tubing and one-thrid to one-half of the secondary tubing chamber (this prevents any loss of medication)
Clamp secondary IV tubing
Hang secondary IV bag on IV pole
- Program IV pump for infusion rate of IV medication bag
-Unclamp the secondary IV tubing, and check the secondary solution is infusing
- After infusion of the secondary IV medication bag, regulate the rate of the primary solution by adjusting the clamp or IV pump infusion rate. Some infusion pumps will do this audtomatically
- Leave the secondary bag and tubing inplace for future administration or discard, as appropriate
- Document - date, time, medication, dose, route and solution; assessment of IV site; clients response. Record volume of fluid of the medication infusion bag on the clients intake and output record

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1)Check accuracy and completeness of each MAR or computer printout with health care provider's original medication order. The health care provider's order is the most reliable source and legal record of the patient's medications. Ensures that patient receives the correct medications.

2)Assess patient's medical and medication history. Determines need for medication or possible contraindications for medication administration.

3)Assess patient's history of allergies, known type of allergens, and normal allergic reaction. IV administration of medication may cause rapid response. Allergic response is immediate.

4)Review medication reference information for medication action, purpose, normal dose, side effects, time and peak of onset, how slowly to give the medication, and nursing implications (e.g., need to dilute the medication, administer through a filter). Allows you to administer medication safely and monitor patient's response to therapy.

5)If you give medication through existing lV line, determine compatibility of medication with IV fluids and any additional additives within the IV solution. IV medication is sometimes not compatible with IV solution and/or additives.

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What are the advantages of using an IV pump to Backprime secondary tubing?

Rationale: The advantages of using an IV pump to backprime secondary tubing include: helping to ensure that medication is not lost or accidentally wasted during the priming process; it is a closed system, so it decreases the risk of contamination during the process; it allows for easy priming when re-using secondary ...

What is the purpose of back priming an IV?

Why use backpriming? When you use the backpriming method, administration sets remain connected after you've infused a secondary medication, eliminating the need to repeatedly connect and disconnect the secondary set.

What is the purpose of hanging the piggyback IV medication higher than the primary IV solution?

Ensure the secondary bag (mini-bag) is hung above the primary IV solution bag. The position of the IV solutions influence the flow of the IV fluid into the patient. The setup is the same if the medication is given by gravity or through an IV infusion pump.

What is the purpose of secondary tubing?

Secondary IV tubing: Shorter in length than primary tubing, with no access ports or backcheck valve; when connected to a primary line via an access port, used to infuse intermittent medications or fluids. A secondary tubing administration set is used for secondary IV medication.