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Re:The cost of two weeks in an pediatric/infant ICU by whocares2345 on Thursday July 29, 2021 @10:47AM (#27997177)
No it’s not a separate line item.

The administration part includes getting the instruction to do so, retrieving medicine from storage, going to the patient, administering the drug, going back to nursing station and filling in the paper work for the action (there are actually several forms to be filled out). So in reality it takes more like 40 min per IV.

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Re:The cost of two weeks in an pediatric/infant ICU by tyingq on Thursday July 29, 2021 @11:03AM (#27997366)
You seem confused. This is saline for a nebulizer. It would be pretty weird to do that with an IV :)

The line item is for the saline ampoule only, NHRIC item 0487-9003-60. It's in the "Pharmacy" category on the page. The respiratory therapist charges, I already mentioned, are separate.

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