The customer reported that the patient experienced hot flushing, rash over the body, difficulty breathing and a decrease in blood pressure to 85/58 within 5 minutes into a taxol infusion.The patient received benadryl 50 mg iv push and/or solucortef to treat the reported symptoms.The customer reported the primary set is primed with ns and loaded into the iv pump.Once loaded into the pump, the taxol 0.3-1.2 mg/ml (100-500 ml bag), is spiked and the dedicated taxol line is primed via the pump at 999 ml/hr for 20 ml because the priming volume of the set is 26ml.Prior to the taxol infusion, the patient receives secondary infusions of dexamethasone iv 10 or 20mg (depending on the protocol), ranitidine 50mg and benadryl 50mg.The event occurred in (b)(6) 2016.
|