Avoiding incompatible drug pairs in central-venous catheters of patients receiving critical care: an algorithm-based analysis and a staff survey.

Purpose: In a critical care setting, we aimed to identify and solve physico-chemical drug incompatibilities in central-venous catheters considering the staffs' knowledge and assumptions about incompatibilities.

Methods: (i) After positive ethical vote, an algorithm to identify incompatibilities was developed and applied. The algorithm was based on KIK database and Stabilis database, the drug label, and Trissel textbook.