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Infusion Times/Comments/Drug Interactions Infuse over 15-30 minutes IVP dose should be injected over at least 5 minutes Continuous infusion Inject over 2 minutes, use dedicated IV line, flush heparin-coated catheters with NS D 5 W after use In

Standard Dilution D 5 W 50 mL 150 mg in D 5 W 150 mL SW 10 mL Undiluted Undiluted 50 mg in D 5 W 100 mL D 5 W 45 mL D 5 W 90 mL Undiluted 5 mg in D 5 W 250 mL SW 10 mL 100 mg in D 5 W 100 mL 800 mg in 500 mL premixed

Intravenous Medication Administration Guidelines (continued)

Usual IV Dose Range a 50 mg q6-8h 6.25 mg/h 10-U bolus 2 0.45-1.2 mg/kg 0.075-0.15 mg/kg 10-14 mcg/kg/min 1.5 MU 250,000 U over 30 minutes, then 100,000 U/h over 24-72 hours 0.6-2 mg/kg 50-100 mcg/kg/day 30-50 mg 100 mg 6 mg/kg 0

Drug Intubating dose Maintenance dose
Ranitidine Infusion dose Reteplase Rocuronium Infusion dose Streptokinase Acute MI DVT, PE Succinylcholine Tacrolimus Tenecteplase Theophylline Bolus dose Infusion dose
7.1 IVPB t-PA