ArticleJournal of the Intensive Care Society2017
Infusion medication concentrations in UK's critical care areas: Are the Intensive Care Society's recommendations being used?
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- [Recommendations on standard concentrations for continuous infusion of medicinal products in intensive care units].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Article
- Standardized Solutions of Catecholamines in Intensive Care Medicine: Application, Safety and Economic Aspects.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- [Standardized concentrations for continuous infusion-results of a nationwide survey in German intensive care units].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2023Article
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- Analysis of standard concentrations of continuous infusions in nine Spanish neonatal intensive care units.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2022Observational
- What's in that syringe? Standard drug concentrations in critical care.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2017Article
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Abstract
Following two studies done in 2007 and 2009, a follow-up of the adherence to the suggested guidelines on drug standardisation has been performed with a suggestion for future standards that can be achieved, to complement the recently published Carter report. The Intensive Care Society (ICS) introduced recommendations for infusion concentrations of 16 medications commonly used in critical care areas. The importance being improvement in patient safety and rationalised use of available critical care resources. Five years after publication of these recommendations, a further audit has been undertaken to assess the level of acceptance and application. This revealed that 89.5% of the 133 surveyed units (representing 42.49% critical care units across the UK) have adopted the recommendations. There are further medication concentrations which could also be standardised.
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