What This Means for Nurses
If you’ve ever stood at the med cart shaking a vial of Pip-Taz until your arm went numb, you know how frustrating—and time-consuming—it can be. Now imagine never having to shake Pip-Taz again. Thanks to B. Braun’s DUPLEX® Drug Delivery System, that’s reality: snap, activate, hang. Even better, it’s now officially Nurse Approved.
Every nurse knows the pain of products that add steps instead of saving time. Too often, tools designed to “help” us disrupt workflows, increase the risk of error, and pull focus away from patients. That’s exactly why the Nurse Approved Certification exists—to highlight products truly designed with nursing in mind.
B. Braun has earned the seal for its:
- Full IV Solutions portfolio and plastic irrigation containers not made with DEHP or PVC
- Piperacillin/Tazobactam (Pip-Taz) in DUPLEX®
The Nurse Approved seal comes from a rigorous, nurse-led evaluation process using the Nurse Quality Standards Index. Products are tested against what really matters: usability, workflow integration, and whether they genuinely support nursing practice at the bedside.
As one bedside nurse shared:
“As a bedside nurse, I am always looking for ways to be more efficient. Saving time and reducing medication errors are two incredibly important benefits from this product.”
For Pip-Taz in DUPLEX, those benefits are measurable. The ready-to-activate, two-compartment system saves nearly four minutes per dose compared to traditional compounding, while eliminating syringes and vials. Fewer touch points = fewer chances for error.
For IV solutions, safety goes beyond workflow. B. Braun’s IV bags are not made with DEHP or PVC, chemicals linked to cancer that have already been banned in children’s toys, yet still appear in many IV bags. Not anymore.
Rebecca Love, RN, founder of Nurse Approved, put it simply:
“For too long, healthcare companies overlooked how poorly designed tools contribute to burnout and job dissatisfaction. We created Nurse Approved to change that—by putting nurses at the center of evaluating and shaping the products we use.”
When a product earns the Nurse Approved Seal, you know it’s been tested by nurses, for nurses. It’s more than a label—it’s proof that your daily challenges were taken seriously, and that the solution was built to make your work more efficient, safer, and ultimately more focused on what matters most: patient care.
