26 Using the Drug Calculator

Performing Drug Calculations

Performing Drug Calculations

Using the service Support Tool, a list of drugs can be configured for the monitor containing pre- defined dosage recommendations and unit settings. Selecting the arrow beside the drug name in the Drug Calculator window opens a list of configured drugs. Contact your pharmacist if you have any questions about the drugs in the list.

If Any Drug is the only entry in the list of drugs, no drugs have been preconfigured for your monitor. Drug calculations can be performed for non-specific drugs.

You must have a Support Tool to add additional drugs to the Drug Calculator.

About the Rule of Six

If the Rule of Six has been enabled for use with individual drugs in your Drug Calculator, you can use the formula in crisis situations to quickly calculate the amount of a drug needed to yield a target dose for continuous infusion for neonatal or pediatric patients (the drug amount is given in “mg”, the patient weight in “kg”). The Rule of Six can only be used with the dose unit mcg/kg/min.

CAUTION JCAHO recommends disabling the Rule of Six. The configuration is not JCAHO-compliant if Rule of Six is enabled.

The Drug Calculator uses the following formula for Rule of Six calculations, based on the patient’s weight:

•For a target dose of 0.1 mcg/kg/min, the Drug Calculator multiplies 0.6 x patient weight to calculate the amount you need to add to the IV solution to equal a total of 100 ml.

•For a target dose of 1.0 mcg/kg/min, the Drug Calculator multiplies 6.0 x patient weight to calculate the amount you need to add to the IV solution to equal a total of 100 ml.

Performing Calculations for a Non-Specific Drug

If a list of drugs has not been configured for your monitor,

Drug Calculator

you can use the Drug Calculator to calculate drug doses for a

ANY DRUG

 

 

single, generic drug called “Any Drug”. Selecting the arrow

 

 

 

 

 

beside the drug name in the Drug Calculator window shows

Dose

2

mg/min

that are no other drugs configured.

Rate

480

ml/hour

 

1 Enter three of these four values: dose, amount, volume,

Amount

25

mg

and rate of the infusion solution.

Volume

100

ml

To enter values, select the correct unit, then select each

 

0.25

mg/ml

value field and use the pop-up keypad to enter the correct

Concentr

 

 

value.

1 ml/hr

0.004

mg/min

2 If you have chosen a weight-dependent dose unit, you

Weight

150

lb

must enter the patient weight now or choose a different

 

 

 

unit.

 

 

 

If available, the patient weight from the Patient Demographic window is entered automatically in the Drug Calculator window when the Drug Calculator is accessed. To change the patient weight, select the Weight key then use the on-screen keypad to enter the correct value. This will not change the patient weight stored in the patient demographic information.

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