How do I get Micromedex?
Step 1: Visit the App Store from your device and search IBM Micromedex NeoFax. Step 2: From the App, select download / install the application. You may be prompted to enter your Apple or Google ID. Step 3: The app will download to your app library, or directly to your device.
What is Trissel’s IV compatibility?
When both compatible and incompatible study results are available for the same drug pair. Any other research result that does not fit the conventional guidelines of compatibility or incompatibility.
Is IBM Micromedex free?
§ The Free Micromedex Drug Reference for Internet Subscribers app for Apple, Android, and Windows 8 devices is available for FREE for Micromedex customers. § You can access these apps via the iTunes® App Store (Apple devices), Google Play® (Android devices) or the Windows Store® (Windows 8 devices).
What happens if IV meds are not compatible?
Drug incompatibilities can lead to reduced drug activity or inactivity, the formation of a new toxic or nontoxic active ingredient, increased toxicity of one or more of the involved drugs, and organoleptic changes.
How do I know if IV meds are compatible?
Drug combinations are tested for compatibility in solution. Incompatibility is present when visible or electronically-determined precipitates, particulates, haziness, turbidity, color, or gas evolution are detected. A 10% or greater loss of intact drug within 24 hours is also considered evidence of incompatibility.
How do I access Micromedex for free?
How much does IBM Micromedex cost?
In the next few days many individuals will notice significant changes to one of the most popular drug information apps on the mobile market, Micromedex. The app has stopped being free. Rather, the app is now available to users for a an annual subscription of $2.99.
What drug should never be given IV push?
The most common medications not provided in ready-to-administer syringes include: Antiemetics Antibiotics with short stability Metoprolol Antipsychotics Opioids Furosemide Benzodiazepines Pantoprazole These medications are available in a prefilled syringe, however supply has been limited.
How do you know IV compatibility?
Why is it important to check compatibility of the IV solutions and additives with the IV medication?
Keep a medication compatibility chart handy to help you reduce the chance of I.V. drug incompatibility issues. Using the chart, you can double-check whether two drugs can be given in the same I.V. line.
What is IV drug incompatibility?
Incompatibilities of drugs in standard IV therapy can occur between: drugs and inappropriate IV solutions as diluent two drugs (drug-drug incompatibility) when they are – mixed together, e.g. drugs and adjuvants (preservative, buffer, stabilizer, solvent) drugs and materials of IV containers (e.g. PVC) or medical devices, which can concern the nature of the material used and/or reactions at the inner surface (e.g.
What is IV compatibility report?
IV Compatibility Report. Clinical Pharmacology offers the ability to create an IV Compatibility report for multiple medications given via different methods utilizing the data from the Trissel’s™ 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database and Trissel’s™ Tables of Physical Compatibility.
What is drug compatibility?
Compatibility of a drug(s) is dependent on the manufacturer(s) of the products and/or the use of specific product formulations. When both compatible and incompatible study results are available for the same drug pair. Many of these may be due to differences in concentrations of either drug or in the solution diluent.