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Cocker, Derek, Sloan, Derek, Carlin, Ffion, Marks, Eileen and Beadsworth, Mike (2015) 'On-going lessons in fluid prescription: assessment of adherence to weight-based intravenous fluid prescribing in medical inpatients'. Clinical medicine (London, England), Vol 15, Issue 5, pp. 503-504.
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Introduction
Attention to detail in the prescription of intravenous (IV) fluids for medical and surgical inpatients is often less rigorous than for other drugs, with errors in fluid volume, composition and rate being commonplace.1–2
As part of a review of fluid prescribing and fluid balance we introduced a weight-based fluid prescribing policy, in a large adult teaching hospital. Including algorithms, this largely mirrors the recent NICE guidance (2014).1 Medical inpatients were prospectively assessed for adherence to local and subsequent national guidance, over four consecutive time points (May 2010, Spetember 2010, February 2013 and August 2014). Tailored education and campaigns were introduced. We report our findings, highlighting the ongoing problems in fluid prescribing.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Subjects: SM Access: SM note: this is a letter to editor |
| Subjects: | WB Practice of Medicine > Therapeutics > WB 300 General works WB Practice of Medicine > Therapeutics > WB 340 Drug Administration WZ History of Medicine. Medical Miscellany > WZ 40 General works |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-503 |
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| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2016 12:19 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2018 13:12 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/5712 |
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