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Thu, 10/11/2007 - 04:17

Halle Utter

Daptomycin - peripheral or central

Anyone have a policy for administration of Daptomycin (Cubicin)?Â I can't find it on the vesicant/irritant list or on the new drug list that gives pH & osmolality.Â For a 2-6 week course of almost anything I prefer PICCs, but this particular patient has a midline only.Â I don't think this is acceptable for longterm.Â Feedback?Â Thanks so much.

Thu, 10/11/2007 - 14:04

lynncrni

Recently, I had a similar

Recently, I had a similar discussion with a local sales rep for this company at a conference. He did not provide the requested information for pH and osmolarity. My 2008 edition of Intravenous Medications also does not list the pH as it does for other drugs. I am not aware of any published reports of tissue injury with extravasation but there may not have been enough time for those cases to get published yet. So I do not have an answer to this question yet and hope someone else does. Lynn

Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI

Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.

PO Box 10

Milner, GA 30257

Website http://www.hadawayassociates.com

Office Phone 770-358-7861

Thu, 10/11/2007 - 19:05

Robbin George

I called the manufacturer

I called the manufacturer (Cubist Pharmaceuticals) and was given the following information--Daptomycin/Cubicin Ph 4-5 Osmolarity 364--Also remember it is incompatible with Dextrose

Robbin George RN VA-BC

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