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Burette Use
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Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses the advantages of using a burette in the ICU and how to add medications to a burette for patient administration.
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Hi! Great video- thanks! Are the terms burette and buretrol used interchangeably? I always call those buretrols....
Thanks!
Tinille
Hi Tinille, yes, burette is the generic name and buretrol is a tradename (like tissue and kleenex) but you're right both ways!
Could you please explain when or why you would use a burette instead of just adding it to the bag? Is it in case you want to decrease the amount of additives to the patient as it progresses while still using the same bag and possibly similar fluid rate? Thank you!
Hi Lara! Yes, the purpose of the burette is so that changes to fluid additives can be made without having to toss the entire bag. We also use less volume of additives (since we're only doing 100-150ml at a time) which decreases cost.
What other reasons would you use a burette aside from fluid additives. In a hospital I work we use it on Patients if they are under 10 kilos.
Katherine, in our hospital we only use them for fluid additives, but I have seen them used on tiny patients where there is concern about fluid overload - especially if there is not a fluid pump available. It certainly isn't wrong to use them on your smaller patients!
Thank you for the video! Would you use your pump on a micro drip setting with a burette like this?
Hi Kasey, yes, depending on your hospital's protocol with microdrips, how your fluid pumps are calibrated, and the type of burette. The burette that we use this video is a microdrip.
Out of curiosity what brand are your burette's? Ours don't function to go through the baxter pumps. We always get an error message
Hey Carly,
We use LifeShield brand burettes from Hospira. If you would like more information on them feel free to message me and I can see what I can do.