A NICU at one of our hospitals brought forward the concern that the 1 ml and 3 ml BD syringes are the same barrel size, so when they are inserted into the pump, the autodetect feature (Alaris syringe pump) cannot tell the difference and the nurse must manually select the syringe size. Due to the label on these smaller syringes, it is often hard to tell which size the syringe actually is.

Apparently mistakes/errors have happened more than once, and I wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue or any successful mitigation strategies?

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Can we keep open vials or ampoules in IV Hood

Hello,

How does your institution comply with fosphenytoin IV Push administration on the nursing units with regards to NIOSH classification of a hazardous drug.
1. Do you compound the IV Push dosage form in the IV room and send to nurse or
2. do you send vials and allow nurse to draw up in the unit using a CTSD?

We have had some reports of wrong volume preparation for doxorubicin 2 mg/ml IVP syringes caught prior to patient administration. We utilize EPIC's split dose functionality, which includes both the total volume and package volume on the syringe label. Have others had similar reports of incorrect volume in each package? If this is not a problem with your institution, would you be willing to share an example of your split dose doxorubicin label to assist us in improving?

How does your hospital manage the use of sugammadex for patients in emergency situations when intubation and ventilations are unexpectedly difficult or impossible, requiring sugammadex administration in 16 mg/kg for NMBA reversal?

Where is the total reversal dose kept? Crash cart, anesthesia cart, or kit?

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I would like to know how your sites ensure patients are ventilated prior to starting propofol/fentanyl/midazolam/paralytics infusions? We use Epic and would like to know if there is a system enhancement to not allow ordering or verification or dispensing of sedation meds to non -ventilated patients?

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Pratixa Patel

We currently utilize Veri-Link (Rudolph Research Analytical) refractometer in our diversion monitoring program.

Reaching out to inquire if there is any known pooled RI Drug Index reference documents.

Trying to identify found unlabeled syringe contents - wanted to know if any one had knowledge of shared reference document and/ or had in their refs document any medication with a specific RI of our unknown sample reading = 1.33242

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Michelle

We have experienced a recent uptick in amiodarone extravasations. We currently do not require central line for administration. Hoping to get a few responses on whether or not central access is required at any institutions. Or other safety mechanisms in place to improve safety of administration via peripheral access. We do have a handful of ivWatch devices but likely not enough to cover all patients receiving amiodarone infusions.

Hello all,

We usually try to find good stability indicating studies (like stability indicating HPLC studies) to extend our compounded preparations (still within USP 797 BUD limit). For some reason we are unable to find anything other that stability studies according to measured PH and co2 levels...does anyone know if this is considered sufficient? if so, why? wouldn't this be only potency indicating, but stability indicating? I appreciate your help!

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Hi everyone,