I work for a home infusion pharmacy. We provide these systems when a drug with short stability (usually less than 7 days) is dispensed. I would like to hear from those of you in similiar practice in regard to what type of administration set you are using-filtered or nonfiltered, and the rationale for your choice.   The drugs we are dispensing with these systems are Unasyn, ampicillin, merropenem, imipenen & Invanz. Also, if you are dispensing tygecycline, how are you handling the home mix. Thank you.
Carol Sweeney CRNI, Home Solutions, Inc.
We do a lot of gravity infusions. We do use Advantage and MiniBag Plus when the stability is a problem and that method is an option. Sometimes we just need to redeliver 2 - 3 times a week (unfortunately)
Ann Marie
Ann Marie Parry, RN, CRNI, VA-BC
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I think I should clarify my question: what type type of administration set-filter or no filter, are you using with these systems?
Carol Sweeney CRNI, Home Solutions, Inc.
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