Good morning we are trying to align with ISMP's best practice for antidotes. Does anyone have standardized protocols/administration instructions for their antidote list that they would be willing to share?

Hi,

If you have a policy restricting what medications can be given on a particular kind of unit, how do you set your prescribers, pharmacists, and nurses up to succeed when these medications are ordered? For example, if a medication can only be given to a patient on a monitor, and another can only be given in ICU or an intermediate unit, how do you ensure that everyone knows that?

We have a policy, but we are relying on people to remember what the policy says, which is not an effective strategy.

Thank you,
Dan

Hello,

Curious to know how often are we reviewing medication order sets. Does anyone have a standing review frequency of every 1, 2, or 3 years for all order sets at your facility?

Thought it would be easier to gather data via a Google form: https://forms.gle/GkHqQwQ3y7kdpmjo9

If we get a decent response rate, I will update with the results.

Thanks all,
RB

Does anyone have a policy for a hospital or health system "standard administration times" (for example, "daily" meaning 9 am, etc)?

I'm not specifically looking at a time-critical medication policy, but an attempt to standardize typical administration times in a shared computer system.

My health system currently has pretty wide variability in these administration times, and looking at potential opportunities to streamline this work for our eRecord team.

Does your institution use standardized concentrations for remifentanil and/or sufentanil infusions administered to patients in ORs? If yes, what concentration(s) do you utilize and in what patient populations (i.e. adult, pediatric, etc.)? What approach have other institutions taken in general to standardize other infusions given in OR spaces?

Hello Members - We have a request to have 4 gm/100 mL IVPB instead of 2 of 2 gm/50 mL IVPB. Pharmacy is concerned about error from mixed up due to LASA issue. I would like to see what other sites do. Thank you.

Hello all,

I wanted to see if any of you have seen a relatively significant increase in the use of dexmedetomidine use in your OR areas by anesthesia providers? In blocks and for sedation?

Looking forward to responses.

Jameika Stuckey, PharmD
University of Mississippi Medical Center

How do you handle transferring a patient on a PCA? Our nurses wanted me to ask as they are thinking of restricting the practice.

Please share best practice when replacing the lithium battery in cactus smart sink .

Looking for an update on when the March briefing will be available to view on YouTube. Thanks!