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Normal saline is given intravenously, over a long period of time, this is known as IV piggyback.
A piggyback IV is what?
- IVPB is a way of administering a medicine that is frequently used in medical treatments, particularly antibiotics.
- A continuous IV solution or flushing a short venous access device used to maintain the patency of an existing IV line is used to provide a piggyback medicine (saline lock).
- Always refer to the Parenteral Drug Therapy Manual PDTM to make sure the right procedures are carried out when administering any particular medicine as an IV solution.
- The IV piggyback antibiotic will be given over a 30-minute period, while the IV push antibiotic will be given over a period of 2-3 minutes.
- Both the IV push and IV piggyback will be given simultaneously.
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