Burrette

Hi, I have never used a burrette before and just confused how to use it. If I'm doing vancoymycin 500 mg, how much normal saline do I put in the burrette? Then I leave the air clamp open right, then how long do I run it on the machine as it says it needs to be infused over an hour. I put 100 ml in the burrette and ran it over 500mg/100ml. Not sure if thats right. Then, after it is done running can you just put normal saline in there and keep running it? Thanks
You close the clamp to the bag and leave the air clamp open. You need to make sure the bag of fluid you are using is compatible with the drug. In this case, vanc and saline can go together. You would dilute it like you normally would - I would normally put vanc in 100ml of saline. So put in your drug and fill the burette up to 100ml. Program the pump to run a volume of 100ml over 1 hour (or however quickly you want to give it). When it's finished, I normally put a 10ml flush in the burette and run it through, then open it back up and continue to run the fluid like normal.

Quote from ausrnurseYou close the clamp to the bag and leave the air clamp open. You need to make sure the bag of fluid you are using is compatible with the drug. In this case, vanc and saline can go together. You would dilute it like you normally would - I would normally put vanc in 100ml of saline. So put in your drug and fill the burette up to 100ml. Program the pump to run a volume of 100ml over 1 hour (or however quickly you want to give it). When it's finished, I normally put a 10ml flush in the burette and run it through, then open it back up and continue to run the fluid like normal.

Once the vancomycin has finished you open the clamp to the normal saline to allow 20-30mls into the burette for the flush, then you clamp it shut and make sure the air valve clamp is open. Then just program the pump to administer the flush.

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