IV Drug Stabilities when added to IV solutions
Drug	Stability at Room Temp	Stability Under Refrigeration	Other Information
Acetylcysteine (Acetadote)	24 hours	24 hours
Amikacin (Amikin)	24 hours	60 days
Aminocaproic acid	24 hours	7 days
Aminophylline	48 hours	n/a
Amiodarone (Cordarone)	30 days	n/a	Mix only in dextrose
Amphotericin B Lipid Complex (Abelcet)	6 hours	48 hours	***Protect from Light***  Not Compatible with NaCl
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)	24 hours	n/a
Bumetanide (Bumex)	72 hours	n/a	***Protect from Light***
Caffeine Citrate (Cafcit)	24 hours	n/a
Calcium Gluconate	24 hours	n/a
Clindamycin (Cleocin)	16 days	32 days
Dexamethasone (Decadron)	28 days	28 days
Diltiazem (Cardizem)	24 hours	24 hours
Dobutamine	24 hours	24 hours
Dopamine	48 hours	7 days
Epinephrine	24 hours	24 hours	***Protect from Light***
Fenoldopam (Corlopam)	24 hours	24 hours
Ferric Gluconate Complex (Ferrlicit)	Use Immediately
Folic Acid	48 hours	48 hours
Fomepizole (Antizol)	24 hours	24 hours	If drug becomes solid in vial, hold under warm water to drug back into solution
Fosphenytoin (Cerebyx)	30 days	30 days
Furosemide (Lasix)	24 hours	24 hours
Gentamicin (Garamycin)	7 days	30 days
Granisetron (Kytril)	24 hours	24 hours
Heparin	12 months	12 months
Hepatitis B Vaccine (Engerix-B)	72 hours	see exp. date on box
Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)	30 days	60 days	***Protect from Light***
Ibutilite (Corvert)	24 hours	48 hours
Iron Dextran (Infed)	24 hours	3 months	Mix in NaCl, Dextrose increases risk of phlebitis
Insulin	24 hours	24 hours	Adsorbs to glass and plastic surfaces
Iron Dextran (Infed)	48 hours	3 months
Isoproterenol (Isuprel)	n/a	24 hours	***Protect from Light***
Labetalol (Trandate)	72 hours	72 hours	***Protect from Light***
Magnesium Sulfate	60 days	60 days
Metoprolol (Lopressor)	36 hours	n/a	***Protect from Light***
Morphine	30 days	30 days
Multivitamin	24 hours	24 hours
Nitroglycerin	48 hours	7 days	Mix in glass only
Nitroprusside (Nipride)	24 hours	24 hours	***Protect from Light***
Norepinephrine (Levophed)	48 hours	30 days	***Protect from Light***
Octreotide (Sandostatin)	48 hours	7 days	***Protect from Light***
Ondansetron (Zofran)	7 days	7 days
Phenylephrine (Neosynephrine)	48 hours	48 hours	***Protect from Light***
Dexmedetomidine (Precedex)	48 hours	n/a
Ranitidine (Zantac)	24 hours	24 hours	***Protect from Light***
Sodium Bicarbonate	7 days	60 days
Sulfamethoxazole/TMP (Bactrim)	4-6 hours	4-6 hours	Do NOT Refrigerate
Thiamine	24 hours	24 hours	***Protect from Light***
Tobramycin (Nebcin)	24 hours	96 hours
Torsemide (Demadex)	24 hours	n/a
Valproic Sodium (Depacon)	6 days	6 days
Vitamin K (Aquamephyton)	24 hours	24 hours	***Protect from Light***