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HD Fluzone Risk Mitigation Strategies

Karen S Haynes, PharmD, CPPS's picture

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Greetings,

I am wondering what other institutions/health systems are using for risk mitigation strategies with HD Fluzone due to the risk with two (2) syringes being in a single packet and administration to a single patient?

To date we are formulating a Nursing Safety Alert, but no other strategies have been implemented. Are other sites using CPOE warnings, Pyxis Alerts, unpackaging the doses, etc?

All input appreciated.

Thank you,
Karen

Synonyms for Epinephrine 10 mcg/mL

Alexander Milligan's picture

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Trying to determine if any other institutions call epinephrine 10 mcg/mL anything other than Epi-sticks. At our hospital, it's commonly referred to as epi "spritzers" and, since that is always how I've known it, I didn't think it was weird until I brought it up at a system meeting. Our nurses asked if we could put "spritzer" in as an alias name for it, but I do worry that might actually be making the problem of using nicknames for drugs worse if I do this.

Refrigerate vs non-refrigerated IVs

Gregory Mak's picture

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Hello,

Wondering what other organizations have used as their standard practice.

When delivering medications to nursing units, my organization places all compounded and premix IVs in the refrigerator by default, unless indicated by package insert that it cannot be refrigerated. In those cases, we will place a do not refrigerate sticker and place in a bin in the med room.

Do other organizations follow this practice, or do they perhaps do the opposite where all IVs are placed in non-refrigerated storage unless otherwise indicated to refrigerate?

BCMA in Dialsysis

Liz Hess's picture

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Hi All,

We are exploring the use of BCMA to verify right patient and right med in Dialysis. We want to use technology (better risk reduction strategies) to safeguard this process (versus using manual process).

1. Is anyone using BCMA to confirm Right patient in this patient care area?
2. Is anyone using BCMA to confirm Right med (dialysis solution)?
3. Other tech/EHR involved safeguards?

If you are, we would be interested in discussing details - do you use MAR, flowsheet, other., etc.

Thanks,
Liz

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