What type of fluid is included in intake and output?
Intake you are responsible to record includes: All fluids consumed during the PCS, including the fluids on the breakfast or lunch tray, or what has been taken in during the one hour you have been assigned to measure intake for hourly intake. The volume of the primary IV fluid infused during the PCS when the primary IV fluid has totally infused and the next ordered solution is hung, the IV orders are discontinued, or the patient is on hourly intake; the volume of a secondary IV when it has fully infused. When output is designated, you are to collect and measure all output. Output to measure may include urine, liquid stool, emesis, and chest tube drainage and/or wound or nasogastric secretions. (SG p.
