Does Micromedex have IV compatibility?

Does Micromedex have IV compatibility?

Micromedex® IV Compatibility The Micromedex IV Compatibility app for Apple, and Android devices is available for FREE for Micromedex customers with a current subscription to IV Compatibility. You can access these apps via the iTunes® App Store (Apple devices) or Google Play® (Android devices).

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.

What is IV drug compatibility?

Use the IV Compatibility tool to pinpoint potentially dangerous IV drug combinations. When multiple IV medications are combined, the risk of complication is very real. Efficacy of one or more drugs can be reduced or a potentially dangerous incompatibility can occur.

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.

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.

Is IV Tylenol compatible with lactated Ringer’s?

Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between acetaminophen / chlorpheniramine and Ringer’s and Dextrose. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist.

What happens when IV drugs are incompatible?

What is drug compatibility?

DRUGS are compatible with commonly used I.V. solutions. But the more complex the solution, the greater the risk of incompatibility: an undesirable chemical or physical reaction between a drug and a solution or between two or more drugs. Physical incompatibility occurs more commonly with multiple additives.

Is Levophed compatible with vancomycin?

Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between Levophed and vancomycin. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.

Is vasopressin and Levophed compatible?

Interactions between your drugs Combining these medications may increase your blood pressure. You may need a dose adjustment or more frequent monitoring of your blood pressure to safely use both medications.

Is octreotide and Protonix IV compatible?

Interactions between your drugs No interactions were found between octreotide and Protonix. This does not necessarily mean no interactions exist. Always consult your healthcare provider.

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.

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.