Since we've all just survived the new year, and that for many people involves a lot of drinking I thought we'd focus not so much on an abbreviation but a term that's used when there are patients who have drunk too much in the hospital.
Banana Bag
As you can see this is not an abbreviation at all but is likely something you would see in a medical record anyway. This is the fluid that is given to a patient to rehydrate them after they have had too much to drink. The bag typically contains thiamin, folic acid, and magnesium sulfate and is a distinct yellow color from where it takes its name. It contains the nutrients that are most depleted when one drinks too much.
Example:
Pt. received two banana bags.
Banana Bag hung before patient transferred up to the floor.
As a note it is uncommon to see the word banana bag in the orders as physician usually order a bag of normal saline containing the amounts of thiamin, folic acid, and magnesium sulfate that the physician wants the patient to receive. However it is common both in speech and in the progress notes to write banana bag rather than specify the exact amounts of ingredients mixed into the fluids.
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