Intravenous (IV) drugs are administered widely and under-dosing can result in therapy failure. This article discusses a study which aimed to quantify frequency, volume and dose of drug discarded within administration sets in the clinical setting.

Dawn Michelle Cooper - Visiting Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield

Thomas Rassam - Medical Student, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Adrian Mellor - Consultant Anaesthetist, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust, Middlesbrough, and Visiting Professor, Carnegie Research Institute, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds