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Textbook and Publication Errata

 

Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses contains incorrect information regarding administration of tirofiban (Aggrastat).

On pg. 846, second entry under the Implementation heading in Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 6/e, the entry is as follows:
 
"Dilute inj: withdraw and discard 100 ml from a 500 ml bag of sterile 0.9% NaCl or D5W and replace this vol with 50 ml of tirofiban inj from one vial"
 
This is incorrect.  It should read:
 
"Dilute inj: withdraw and discard 100 ml from a 500 ml bag of sterile 0.9% NaCl or D5W and replace this vol with 100 ml of tirofiban inj from two vials"
 
This error was introduced in Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses, 3/e Update.  It can also be found in the 4th, 5th and 6th editions of Mosby's Drug Guide for Nurses.

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