It was reported that unspecified bd infusion set was over infusing the following information was received by the initial reporter with the following verbatim: it was reported that the etoposide was started at 1657, infusing as an iv piggy back.The pump setting and medication was verified by two nurses.Around 1755 when the user returned to hang the next dose of chemo, it was observed that the entire bag of etoposide was still full and dripping slowly.On the other hand the primary infusion was dripping quickly and the bag was half empty.The user double checked to make sure the primary bag was hanging lower than the secondary bag, the clamps were open and all the connections and settings were correct and also tried lowering the primary infusion even more.Two other nurses verified that the infusion was set up correctly and could not identify what was causing the primary infusion to run instead of secondary infusion.They used a rubber band to clamp off the primary tubing and the secondary infusion began to infuse at the correct rate.Chemo administration was delayed by an hour and the next dose of chemo was delayed as well.There was patient involvement but unknown outcome.
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