25 to 50 percent of Intravenous Antibiotics do not reach patients: Underdosing of IV antibiotics due to RNs leaving drugs in the IV tubing, instead of getting 100 percent into the patient.

Thousands of medication erors occur each year, but the nursing press rarely mentions under-dosing of antibiotics due to RNs leaving medication in the IV tubing.
This book shows you what to watch for when you or a loved one is a patient, and guides nurses to improve their IV medication skills...by adding additional volume to be infused when they hang an antibiotic or a bag of electrolytes.
Leave no medication in the tubing should be our mantra.
Avoid MDRO, MRSA and VRE by receiving or giving full doses of antibiotics. You would not throw one antibiotic pill in the trash and take the other pill or capsule. So don't let your registered nurse throw half your dose of IV antibiotics in the trash.