Dexamethasone phosphate vial

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You receive a new order for dexamethasone phosphate 12 mg in 50 mL D5W in the inpatient pharmacy and proceed to prepare this IVPB in an IV sterile compounding suite for a patient on the nursing floor. You gather your medication vial and IVPB piggyback and begin to compound but then the order got cancelled. By this time, you already punctured a dexamethasone phosphate 4mg/mL multi-dose 30 mL vial from the normal pharmacy stock a few minutes ago and now wonder whether this vial should be discarded or kept. You inspect the vial's label and read the following: The Manufacturer's expiration date says April 10, 2024. Which risk Category level does this fall under (Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, or immediate use?) Explain if you would keep the dexamethasone phosphate vial or discard it. Explain why. What beyond-use-date should be used for the dexamethasone phosphate vial? Explain why.

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