Medication Safety Officers Society
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For hospitals where pharmacists order TPNs, how do you ensure an independent double check?
Our TPN pharmacists enter TPN orders, verify their own orders and then transcribe that info for CAPS. We have have seen incidents of transcription errors likely due to the lack of independent double check.
Would love to learn more about everyone's TPN workflow!
Our system has TPNs as our last line to be converted from paper-based ordering into CPOE and a visual flowsheet. Do other Cerner hospitals have custom TPNs that are already converted that would be willing to share how this process has been working and learnings?