Illicit vs Illegal. Illicit and illegal are two words that we see and hear commonly in newspapers and TV programs. Though illegal is easily understood by people as behaviors that are against the laws of a country, it is the word illicit that is misunderstood because of its similarities with illegal.
6. All tubing will be changed every 72 hours except: a. Lipid tubing will be changed every 24 hours b. If lipids are IVPB into TPN, also change TPN tubing every 24 hours c. Change 3 in 1 TPN (TPN with lipids mixed in) every 24 hours 7. Leur loc connection must be used. Primary solutions must be administered via a volume control pump (i.e. Hospira pump). 8.
The patient must be stabilized on the 24 hour schedule. The maximum hourly rate tolerated for a TPN is usually about 200 ml/hr. Advance to the final time period slowly by subtracting 2-4 hour blocks of time from the total daily infusion time. It will take several days to reach the final infusion time.