{"id":1813,"date":"2021-09-06T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=1813"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:59:08","slug":"continuous-titratable-drug-infusion-changing-the-rate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=1813","title":{"rendered":"4. Continuous\/ Titratable Infusion &#8211; Changing the Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>How to document change in the administered rate of a continuous\/ titratable drug infusion.<\/p>\r\n<p>With the patient record open:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the blue menu, select <strong>Drug Chart.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Click the <strong>Drug Administration box<\/strong> for the infusion you wish to change.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"109\" height=\"112\" class=\"wp-image-1796 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Administering-Meds-Infusion-Drug-Chart-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\r\n<li>Select <strong>Rate Change<\/strong> menu item on the left: <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"18\" class=\"wp-image-1816\" style=\"width: 131px;\" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Administering-Meds-Rate-Change.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\r\n<li>Click in the <strong>*Rate (ml\/hr)<\/strong> field and enter the new rate:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"23\" class=\"wp-image-1815\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Administering-Meds-Rate-ml-per-hr.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\r\n<li>Add a <strong>Comment<\/strong> as appropriate.<\/li>\r\n<li>Click <strong>Apply:<\/strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"21\" class=\"wp-image-1798\" style=\"width: 75px;\" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Apply-Button.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\r\n<li>Click <strong>Sign <\/strong>(green tick): <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"17\" class=\"wp-image-1788\" style=\"width: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Green-tick-icon-Forms.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"warnSection\"><i class=\"fas fa-exclamation-circle\" style=\font-size:3rem\"><\/i>  Please note: This process does not document a change to the prescribed rate of the medication, only to the administered rate. Changes to prescriptions can only be made by Clinicians.<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to document change in the administered rate of a continuous\/ titratable drug infusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1657,"parent":19241,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"qrg.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1813","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-erecord","category-powerchart"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21267,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1813\/revisions\/21267"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}