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Infusion Times/Comments/Drug Interactions Infuse over 15-30 minutes Infuse over 15-30 minutes Infuse over 5 minutes, give with aspirin 325 mg PO immediately Preparation should be discarded if not used within 6 hours Titrate to aPTT or ACT Inje

Standard Dilution NS 100 mL NS 100 mL SW 5 mL 250 mg in NS 250 mL Undiluted Undiluted Undiluted 1000 mg in D 5 W 150 mL 4 mg/mL D 5 W 100 mL

Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines (continued)

Usual IV Dose Range a 0.5-3 g q4-6h 1.5-3 g q6h 30 U IV 350 mcg/kg 25 mcg/kg/min 5 mg IV over 5 minutes, 5 mg IV 10 minutes later 0.4-0.5 mg/kg 0.08-0.1 mg/kg 5-9 mcg/kg/min 0.5-2 g q6-12h

Drug Ampicillin/sulbactam Anistreplase (APSAC) Intubating dose Maintenance dose
Ampicillin Argatroban Bolus dose Infusion dose Atenolol Atracurium Infusion dose Aztreonam
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