Pediatric TPN Overfill?

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Kathleen Neves
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Pediatric TPN Overfill?

Our organization is currently using 50 mL of overfill for our pediatric TPNs. We have been finishing about 40 minutes to 1 hour early but this is within the expected flow rate for our pumps. Wondering if we need to increase our overfill.

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