IV Order Against the Label: Speed and Strength
Sets an IV order's delivery rate and concentration beside the limits on the drug's FDA label.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Drug
- Vancomycin (mg)
- Adult or pediatric
- Adult
- Dose, in the drug's unit
- 1500
- Final volume
- 250 mL
- Infusion time
- 90 minutes
Result: Vancomycin at 16.67 mg/minute and 6 mg/mL: rate above the label limit.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Drug
- Adult or pediatric
- Dose, in the drug's unit (mg, mg PE or mEq)
- Final volume
- Infusion time
- Setting (potassium: routine or urgent; calcium: bolus or continuous)
- Weight (pediatric phenytoin or fosphenytoin)
- Weight unit
How this is calculated
Citation
FDA labels on DailyMed, each a manufacturer's: phenytoin sodium, fosphenytoin (Cerebyx), vancomycin, potassium chloride concentrate, magnesium sulfate 50% and calcium gluconate. The rate and concentration limits are each label's own sentences. Read the sources: Phenytoin label ↗, Cerebyx label ↗, Vancomycin label ↗, Potassium Chloride label ↗, Magnesium Sulfate label ↗, Calcium Gluconate label ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.