Insulin Regular - Pyxis Override Status

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Ghassan Moubarak
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Insulin Regular - Pyxis Override Status

Hello All,

With a new restriction on pharmacist order verification due to allergy status being missing in the chart, the override pyxis list has been brought up for review.

One of the medications in question is Regular Insulin

We don't have any insulin on the override list

Patient Safety Pro's and Cons of having a short acting insulin on the override list

What do other hospitals do and what reasoning have you come to to allow or restrict its override

Thank You