4. How is "free water" different from water that comes from a faucet or tap? 5. How should "free water" have been administered to the patient? 6. What is hemolysis, or a hemolytic reaction? (You may need to look this up.)
4. How is "free water" different from water that comes from a faucet or tap? 5. How should "free water" have been administered to the patient? 6. What is hemolysis, or a hemolytic reaction? (You may need to look this up.)
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Transcribed Image Text:Water, Water, Everywhere, But Please Don't Give IV
Problem: The treatment of severe hypernatremia can be
challenging, especially in patients with preexisting conditions that
may seem to limit therapeutic options. Such a situation recently
resulted in an ill-conceived decision to give sterile water for
injection IV to an elderly patient who had been admitted to an ICU
with pneumonia and severe hypernatremia. The physician did not
want the patient to receive any further infusions containing
sodium. But the patient also was severely hyperglycemic. The
physician's concern with giving sodium or dextrose to a patient
with high blood sugar led to an order to change the patient's IV to
"free water" at 100 mL/hr.
"Free water" refers to water not associated with organic or
inorganic ions. Because hypernatremia usually results from a
deficit of "free water," it's likely that the physician intended to
replace this loss when he wrote the order. Water can be replaced
orally, however, it should never be given IV without additives to
normalize tonicity, or hemolysis may occur.
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ALERT
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Just before writing the order, the physician had contacted a pharmacist to ask if "large bags of sterile water
for injection" were available. A pharmacy intern retrieved a bag from the sterile compounding area, placed
the label on the back of the bag, and dispensed it to the ICU.
The nurse began the infusion without question because she was aware of the patient's hypernatremia and
overheard the physician ask the pharmacist if bags of sterile water were available. She failed to see a red
statement on the bag stating "Pharmacy Bulk Package, Not For Direct Infusion" because the pharmacy label
was on the opposite side of the bag. Another nurse noticed the statement later and the infusion was stopped,
but not before 550 mL had infused. The patient experienced a hemolytic reaction, acute renal failure, and
died.
Transcribed Image Text:4. How is "free water" different from water that comes from a faucet or tap?
5. How should "free water" have been administered to the patient?
6. What is hemolysis, or a hemolytic reaction? (You may need to look this up.)
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