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anesthesia-and-surgery insights from Premier Pharma.
Dexmedetomidine comes two ways: a 200 mcg/2 mL concentrate (100 mcg/mL) that must be diluted, and a ready-to-use premix at 4 mcg/mL. That's a 25-fold difference in concentration. Here's how to buy the right one and keep them apart.
Propofol is a 10 mg/mL lipid emulsion in single-patient vials from 10 to 100 mL. It isn't antimicrobially preserved. EDTA only slows microbial growth, which is why the 12-hour discard rule exists. Here's how to pick vial sizes and store it.
Famotidine injection is 10 mg/mL and is stored refrigerated at 2°C to 8°C. The 2 mL vial is single-dose with no preservative, and the multiple-dose vials contain benzyl alcohol. Here's what's on the label and how to stock it.
Ondansetron injection is 2 mg/mL. The common clinic package is a 2 mL single-dose vial in cartons of 25, labeled for IV or IM use. Here's what's on the label, how it's stored, and what to check before you order.
Plain lidocaine injection comes in 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%. Multiple-dose vials contain methylparaben. MPF vials and ampules are preservative-free and single-dose. 1% is 10 mg/mL. Here's how to pick the right vial and stop wasting the rest of it.
Lidocaine with epinephrine comes in 0.5% to 2% strengths with epinephrine 1:100,000 or 1:200,000. It comes as multiple-dose vials with a preservative or as preservative-free single-dose vials. Every version contains a sulfite. Here's how to buy the right one.