IV Medication Principles

List drugs that require a central line

Highly concentrated drugs

Long term antibiotics

Drugs that cause phlebitis and/or vesicants

Drugs with pH not close to blood

Drugs with high osmolarity (> 900 mOsmL)

List drugs that require Non-PVC containers (Leach Absorb To Take In Nutrients)

Lorazepam

Amiodarone

Tacrolimus

Taxanes

Insulin

Nitroglycerin

List drugs to mix in saline only (A DIAbetic Can't Eat Pie)

Ampicillin

Daptomycin

Infliximab

Ampicillin/sulbactam

Caspfungin

Ertapenem

Phenytoin

List drugs to mix into dextrose only (Only Sugar Always)

Oxaplatin

Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim

Amphotericin B

List drugs with filter requirements (My GAL IS PAT who has a MaP)

Golimumab

Amphotericin B

Lipids

ISavuconazium

Phenytoin

Amiodarone

Taxanes

MAnnitol

Parenteral nutrition

List drugs that cannot be refrigerated (Dear Sweet Pharmacist Freezing Makes Me Edgy)

Dexmedetomidine

Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim

Phenytoin

Furosemide

Metronidazole

Moxifloxacin

Enoxaparin

Drugs that are vesicants

Vasopressors (dobutamine, norepinephrine)

Anthracyclines (Doxorubicin)

Vinca alkaloids (vincristine)

Promethazine

Drug combinations that can be fatal

Calcium + Phosphorus

Calcium + Ceftriaxone

Drugs to protect from light (Protect Every Necessary Med from Daylight)

Phytonadione (vitamin K)

Epoprostenol

Nitroprusside

Micafungin

Doxycycline

Drugs to not use if this color change

Dobutamine: pink

Nitroprusside: blue

IV drugs that come colored

Anthracyclines: red

Rifampin: red

Mitoxantrone: blue

Drug to not shake

Protein/blood products

Reconstituted vaccines

Products that foam (etanercept, alteplase, rusburicase)