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Lolly · 16-07-2011, 03:32

Absolutely, it was in ampules of saline. These are used for flushes, which are done daily, if you have a drip in sometimes when nothing is going through your blood can back up and flushes are used to clear anything in the line, they are also used for mixes of IV antibiotics. As a student nurse i'm not allowed to touch drips (except to diconnect them) but watch it on a regular basis, but the ampules are used for many different procedures, not just for mixing antibiotics or flushes. I don't know about other trusts but at my hospital the ampules are kept in a locked cabinet in the locked treatment roon (the treatment room is where nurses mix drugs/antibiotics, where controlled drugs such as morphine are kept, also all clinical items (dressings, catheters, wound packs, syringes etc...) are kept. In my hospital this room is locked and is only accessable by 2 nurses with a keycode.

Maybe Stockport needs to take note?? I work on a diabetic ward and insulin is extremely well controlled, who the hell got hold of enough insulin to put it in the ampules?? Thats my worry!!!

16-07-2011, 03:32	#2
Lolly Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ossy Posts: 1,667 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 206	Re: Someone is killing hospital patients Absolutely, it was in ampules of saline. These are used for flushes, which are done daily, if you have a drip in sometimes when nothing is going through your blood can back up and flushes are used to clear anything in the line, they are also used for mixes of IV antibiotics. As a student nurse i'm not allowed to touch drips (except to diconnect them) but watch it on a regular basis, but the ampules are used for many different procedures, not just for mixing antibiotics or flushes. I don't know about other trusts but at my hospital the ampules are kept in a locked cabinet in the locked treatment roon (the treatment room is where nurses mix drugs/antibiotics, where controlled drugs such as morphine are kept, also all clinical items (dressings, catheters, wound packs, syringes etc...) are kept. In my hospital this room is locked and is only accessable by 2 nurses with a keycode. Maybe Stockport needs to take note?? I work on a diabetic ward and insulin is extremely well controlled, who the hell got hold of enough insulin to put it in the ampules?? Thats my worry!!!