Good Afternoon,
When a CVC line is locked with a medication such as heparin or an antibiotic, does anybody use a visual flag (e.g., label) or do you rely on the MAR documentation? If you are using visual identification on the line, could you please share a visual of the label. What company makes the labels and please provide ordering information utilized.

Thank you!

Carley

Hello all,

I wanted to reach out to see if any of you have enacted the recommendation from ISMP to disable your nonspecified prn dosing frequencies (e.g., BID prn or TID prn) in Feb 2022?

1. If so, did you completely delete those and only allow for specified prn frequencies like q6h prn?
2. What did you do about home medication reconciliation? What happens if on patient's pill bottles that way (especially in ambulatory settings)?
3. How did you pursue approval through your respective institutions? Provider feedback?

Is anyone using Lumason contrast? Have you had any anaphylaxis reactions? We switched from Difinity last fall and recently had 2 anaphylaxis reactions within the past month. The radiologists now want to switch back. The rep says there have been no reports in her region so wondering what others are seeing with this product. Thank you!

Hi Everyone,

Wondering if providers at your site(s) are documenting use of local anesthetics intraoperatively.

Example: Lidocaine 2% used during carpal tunnel release

If yes:
1. How are they documenting (EHR hard chart vs. BCMA vs. Note vs. Other)?
2. What level of detail is being specified (medication, strength/form, volume, site, and/or exact time of administration)?

Thank you all for your insights!

Zach

Good Afternoon,

For those sites impacted by the contrast shortage, what measures have you put into place to help prevent errors?

Natalie Zilban
Medication Safety and Pharmacy Officer
Memorial Healthcare System

If a nurse needs to hand-off controlled substances (e.g. pharmacy prepared medication drips) to be administered during the incoming shift, how have organizations tracked this handoff to ensure appropriate chain of custody documentation?

Good morning all,

At our hospital we had near misses where obese pediatric patients ordered weight based meds with an unsafe dosing due to patient weight.

Currently we have following context in EPIC
- Any patient < 15 years: pediatric context
- Patients 15-21 years AND <= 40 kg: pediatric context
- Patients 15-21 years AND > 40 kg: adult context

Hi all,

I had a quick question and I'm not sure if I'm thinking about this right so any comments would help me take any next steps to rectify the issue.
So we are sending up our Mannitol vials with 0.2 micron filters (not the infusion set, just the filter) however our order instructions state " Use a 0.2 micron inline filter infusion set." It almost seems that us sending up 0.2 micron filters with the vials and then telling them to use a 0.2 micron inline filter infusion set may be problematic as to what they should be doing. Thanks for any clarification.

Would anyone mind sharing their critical results policy?
Does it address the process/workflow that is used when a surgeon is in the middle of surgery?
TIA

Hello all,

We are evaluating our tPA administration process for stroke and are interested in what other facilities are doing, specially in how your bolus is administered.

If you have a moment to complete this brief survey, I would be grateful! Willing to share results to those that also complete the survey.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=bvPUxCdsp0KouPRl8Oda...

Thanks!