IVPB Highlights

Supplies
You will be given a pack for sign off
and continued practice, it contains, These are just
primary and secondary tubing, a examples of different
primary infusion bag and a volumes of primary
secondary infusion bag. These must bags- both are NS
stay in the lab, put your name on it (0.9% Sodium
and place it in the bin before you Chloride) usually
leave skills demonstration. compatible with most
medications/solutions.
Only difference is the
amount 500ml vs
1000 ml.
Read the package! All else fails, look at what is in it, Primary
is longer has several ports and 2 clamps (a roller and a slider
clamp) Secondary is shorted, 1 clamp, and has a blue hanger
to drop down your primary infusion bag to hang lower than
the secondary (this helps your small volume bag to flow,
without the increased pressure from the larger volume bag
superseding it.
Primary Set up
Turn the pump on, by hitting on/off
button or by inserting the tubing
into the keyhole up top.
Select Adult Example and hit “ok”,
Then you must select an infusion
type, like IV maintenance fluid, it
will move you on to programming
screen
The blue/gray highlighted bar shows
you what you are programming in
this case the rate, program desired
rate (125) and hit “ok” button, it will
move to the next field which is
Volume to be infused or VTBI.
Once you have programmed
primary ensuring correct rate, (VTBI)
STOP pump, 3rd round button
“program secondary”
Secondary Setup
Once you hit program secondary, select
secondary bag and hit “ok” this will lead you
to enter the medication you are infusing, in
this case we used Penicillin G, hit “ok” and it
will lead you the secondary infusion
programming, very similar to primary however
it has a 2 in the background vs. the 1.
Input your rate (you would’ve already reviewed this in
nursing central and would know how fast or slow to run,
MD will not provide you with a rate, you need to
calculate the ml/hr based on the total volume in your
piggyback bag (usually 50-100 ml) and total
recommended infusion time, 0.5 hrs, 1 hour, 2 hours.

Once
programmed,
quick double
check method,
Time hr:min
lets you know
how long it will
take to infuse
what you have
programmed
should match
what you
looked up in
nursing central.
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Primary Bag is hanging lower than the Secondary, with the hanger holding it in place. I left my tubing
a little long, you can control how much tubing you have above the pump. Make it as short as possible.
Notice your Secondary infusion bag is connected at highest port, above the pump, so that it will be
controlled by the pump, if you do not do this, you will not be utilizing the pump to regulate your rate,
you will just give the patient a bolus of medication .
Note in second picture, where my secondary bag is connected.
When preparing and opening, keep everything clean, do not contaminate and within your line of
vision.