Saturday, October 31, 2009

Incompatibility between Heparin and other drugs may cause:?

a) air to enter the catheter lumen
b) occlusion of the catheter lumen due to particle accumulation
c) catheter rupture
d) thinning of catheter walls
Answer:
(b)

The most common problem caused by mixing incompatible medications is precipitation within the IV giving set. This blocks the giving set.

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