TEAM WASHING THECNIQUE AFTER DRUG ADMINISTRATION: DIPYRONE ANALYSIS IN RESIDUAL VOLUME BY OXYREDUCTION VOLUMETRY.

Abstract

Some risks are associated with the choice of intravenous route, such as the appearance of incompatibilities, and the resulting product can affect safety and therapeutic efficacy. The medications administered must contain the dose that was prescribed, and all content must be infused to ensure that tha patient receives the correct dose. However, it is common that the amount of medication does not reach the patient’s vein, being retained within the extension of the equipment, called residual volume. At the end of the medication infusion, it is possible to wash the equipment, providing the patient with a more effective therapeutic response, however in clinical practice it is observed that washing does not always happen. The washing of the equipment is essential to guarantee the complet infusion of the medication, avoiding underdoses and incompatibilities. The objective of this work is to determine the necessary volume of solvent to wash volumetric infusion equipment used in pediatrics filled with an injectable dipyrone solution. The methodology used to detect dipyrone is iodimetry. The analyzes consist of washing the equipment until zero of the solution for injection is quantified. The analyzes shomed that the volume of serum needed for washing equipment is 15 ml. After washing the equipment with this volume, dipyrone was not detected in the washing solution. According to the present study, the volume of serum needed for washing the equipment is 15 ml. After washing the equipment with this volume, dipyrone was not detectec in the washing solution.