Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference contains incorrect information regarding administration of tirofiban (Aggrastat).
On pg. 940, second entry under the Administer, IV route heading in Mosby's 2006 Nursing Drug Reference, the entry is as follows:
"Dilute inj: withdraw and discard 100 ml from a 500 ml bag of sterile 0.9% NaCl or D5W and replace this vol with 50 ml of tirofiban inj from one vial"
This is incorrect. It should read:
"Dilute inj: withdraw and discard 100 ml from a 500 ml bag of sterile 0.9% NaCl or D5W and replace this vol with 100 ml of tirofiban inj from two vials"
This error was introduced in Mosby's 2000 Nursing Drug Reference. It can also be found in the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 editions of Mosby's Nursing Drug Reference.
