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Infusion Times/Comments/Drug Interactions Infuse over 15-30 minutes Infuse over 30 minutes Each 2.25-g vial contains 2 g piperacillin and 0.25 g tazobactam Cardiac monitoring should be used with infusion rates 20 mEq/h Inject over 60 seco

Standard Dilution D 5 W 100 mL D 5 W 100 mL 40 mEq in 1000 mL (NS, D 5 W, etc) Undiluted D 5 W 50 mL 2 g in D 5 W 500 mL Abbreviations: bid, twice a day; HF, heart failure; conc, concentration; D 5 W, destrose-5%-water; DVT, deep venous t

Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines (continued)

Usual IV Dose Range a 2-4 g q4-6h 3.375 g IV q6h 5-40 mEq/h 4-60 mg q24h 15 mg/kg 1-4 mg/min a Usual dose ranges are listed; refer to appropriate disease state for specific dose.

Drug Piperacillin/tazobactam Potassium chloride
Piperacillin Prednisolone Procainamide Loading dose Infusion dose
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