What Is Y Site Connection

Y-ports, also known as piggybacks, provide a second access point in patient IV tubing for additional IV medications to be given. … Many medications must be given on a pump and cannot be infused through a Y-port connection.

Is Y site the same as piggyback?

With a Y site, both drugs are infusing at the same time. With a piggyback, the primary drip stops while the secondary drug infuses, then resumes again when the secondary is finished, so even though there may be some mixing at the beginning and end of the secondary, they infuse mostly separately.

What does Y-site compatible mean?

Y-site Compatibility – A single drug that is administered simultaneously at a Y-site connection with another drug in a solution. Solution Compatibility – A single drug in a solution.