time-tape
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edittime-tape (third-person singular simple present time-tapes, present participle time-taping, simple past and past participle time-taped)
- (transitive, medicine, nursing) To attach a tape to (an IV bag) and periodically record the level.
- 1979, Nancy Meyer Holloway, Nursing the Critically Ill Adult, page 422:
- Time-tape the bottle to indicate how much solution should be infused over a given period.
- 1983, John A. Kerner, Manual of Pediatric Parenteral Nutrition, page 260:
- It is helpful to carefully “time-tape" the PN solution bottles (Fig .7).
- 1986, Susanna Krey, Rebecca L. Murray, Dynamics of Nutrition Support, page 383:
- The bag should be time-taped and checked hourly to ensure accurate infusion of the solution.
- 1987, Marilyn L. Green, Joann Harry, Nutrition in Contemporary Nursing Practice, page 434:
- Whether or not a pump is used, the IV bottle or bag should be time-taped at the time it is hung […]