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.
FFP can be given via your regular blood tubing, same size micron filter, but platelets require a special filter. Policy here for FFP; run in as fast as the patient will tolerate. Once FFP are picked up from blood bank, they can't be returned to blood bank after 20min. Also recommends the FFP be infused within 6 hours.