How do you prepare a Rocephin injection?
How do you prepare a Rocephin injection?
Intramuscular injection For i.m. injection, Rocephin 250 mg or 500 mg is dissolved in 2 ml, and Rocephin 1 g in 3.5 ml, of 1% lidocaine hydrochloride solution and injected well within the body of a relatively large muscle. It is recommended that not more than 1 g be injected at one site.
How do you load a ceftriaxone injection?
1g ceftriaxone should be dissolved in 3.5ml of 1% Lidocaine Injection BP. The solution should be administered by deep intramuscular injection. Intramuscular injections should be injected well within the bulk of a relatively large muscle and not more than 1 g should be injected at one site.
How do you dilute ceftriaxone 1g?
1g ceftriaxone should be dissolved in 3.5ml of 1% Lidocaine Injection BP. The solution should be administered by deep intramuscular injection.
What size needle is used for Rocephin injection?
Discard the needle used to draw up the medication and attach 1.5 inch 21 gauge needle to syringe. Dorso or ventrogluteal muscle is recommended for administration.
How do I reconstitute ceftriaxone 2g?
2g ceftriaxone should be dissolved in 7.0ml of 1% Lidocaine Injection BP. The solution should be administered by deep intramuscular injection.
How do you mix Rocephin 2g?
2g ceftriaxone should be dissolved in 7.0ml of 1% Lidocaine Injection BP. The solution should be administered by deep intramuscular injection. Intramuscular injections should be injected well within the bulk of a relatively large muscle and not more than 1 g should be injected at one site.
How do you dilute ceftriaxone 1g with water?
For IV injection 1 g ceftriaxone is dissolved in 10 ml of water for injections PhEur. The injection should be administered over 5 minutes, directly into the vein or via the tubing of an intravenous infusion.
How do you hang ceftriaxone?
Remove giving set from packaging and close the roller clamp. Insert the IV giving set and prime the line until there is no air in the line. Hang the bag on a hook.
How do you add medication to an IV bag?
Hang the medication IV bag on the IV pole.
- Remove the sterile blue cap from the IV bag.
- Remove the protective cover of the spike on the IV tubing.
- Fill the drip chamber 1/2 to 1/3 full.
- Open the roller clamp slowly and prime the tubing.