IV fluid sterility

[soorg]

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Does anyone know of a paper that studied how long IV bags are considered sterile? Not bags wrapped up in storage in a fluid cart, but ones actually hooked up to a patient.

 

[btbam]

What?

 

[G-Man82]

None that I'm aware of. You're talking about setting a room up, like for trauma, with the bags already spiked?

My residency hospital had a policy of 24 hours. But for some reason I want to say up to 4 days. I don't have the data to back it up.

 

[soorg]

Yes, bags already spiked up. I've heard during training up to 72 hours, but never saw a study proving it.

 

[Twiggidy]

http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2010/07/iv-spiking-recommendations-from-the-joint-commission/

there were a few references from JACHO on this, but even they don't have a specific recommendation

 

[repititionition]

http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2010/07/iv-spiking-recommendations-from-the-joint-commission/

there were a few references from JACHO on this, but even they don't have a specific recommendation

The answer to everything JHACO is "no food or drink at the nurses station".

See also: http://www.gomerblog.com/2014/10/nurses-station/