Extravasation antidotes

Systems based ideas to prevent or monitor for extravasation?

Nadia Aslam's picture

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Hello,
Has anyone tried any systems-based solutions to preventing or monitoring for extravasations (to irritants or vesicants in all inpatient and oncology/infusion settings, infusion/nicu/pedi/ICU etc)?

We are wondering if anything like antidotes, nursing instructions, links to protocols, etc could be programmed into our Epic and Beacon system to prevent or increase awareness of drugs that are at high risk of extravasation, but we are wondering if anyone has had success with any other system based solution before we dedicate resources into this idea.

Thanks!

Systems based ideas to prevent or monitor for extravasation?

Nadia Aslam's picture

Forums: 

Hello,
Has anyone tried any systems-based solutions to preventing or monitoring for extravasations (to irritants or vesicants in all inpatient and oncology/infusion settings, infusion/nicu/pedi/ICU etc)?

We are wondering if anything like antidotes, nursing instructions, links to protocols, etc could be programmed into our Epic and Beacon system to prevent or increase awareness of drugs that are at high risk of extravasation, but we are wondering if anyone has had success with any other system based solution before we dedicate resources into this idea.

Thanks!

DMSO as an antidote for extravasation

Brenda Santiago's picture

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Does any of your institution consider the use of DSMO as a antidote for extravasation?
If you use DSMO which presentation do your institution use?
The only presentation we have available is RIMSO-50 for irrigation. I'm understanding from what I'm reading that it can be used. But I'm not totally sure about this.

Thanks,

Brenda Santiago, BSPharm, R.Ph., CPPS
Medication Safety Specialist
HIMA San Pablo
Caguas, PR

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