25 to 50 percent of Intravenous Antibiotics do not get to patients:: Antibiotic Mistakes: Under dosing of IV electrolytes & antibiotics due to RNs leaving drugs in the IV tubing.

Medication mistakes such as leaving antibiotic in the IV tubing should not happen when we have highly trained RNs using "smart" IV pumps to aid in giving antibiotics, electrolytes, minerals or chemotherapy. Yet many times, nurses do indeed leave over 25 percent of the medication in the tubing.
Under dosing of antibiotics makes it harder for you to recover from infections;
Under dosing of electrolytes such as potassium makes if difficult for you to return to a normal or homeostasis state.
Under dosing of clear blood products such as plasma keeps your blood too thin.
This book shows you what to watch for as your nurse gives you your continuous IV meds, the types that take 30 or more minutes to infuse.
Tips on how to make sure that the RN gets all of YOUR medication through the tubing and into you.
This book also shows hospitals how to set up a survey of their RNs to check their skills, and a 9 step "correction" program or "bundle" to improve those skills, and a 22 step improvement program for the entire hospitals RNs..
And, this book shows all RNs how to self diagnose their own mistakes to improve their skills.