Currently epic allows an entry of a “treatment plan” weight but it applies to all drugs in the plan. We are exploring ways to allow provider to use a specific weight (e.g. adjusted weight) to apply to certain drugs in the plan without affecting the rest of the treatment.
If your institution is using EPIC, do you allow a provider to put in an “order-specific” weight to use with a specific drug in order to accommodate protocols that use different weights for different drugs and somehow you need to use a weight not already provided by epic?

Hello all,

I hope this message finds you all safe and healthy. I am reaching in hopes of learning what institutions are doing.

Does anyone practice loading heparin drips in ICU ADC's? If so, are there any added safety processes in place? We do keep certain premixed pressors and drips in the ICU ADCs, but not heparin drips. Our institution is considering also loading heparin drips, but I am somewhat concerned about this practice. Thank you in advance for your thoughts.

We have had a request for acetic acid bladder irrigation. Do any other institutions utilize this? Does pharmacy draw it up and send to the floor or does the nurse draw up bedside? Our concern is nursing uses a leur lock syringe and we are worried about dispensing from pharmacy and it getting confused with other IV syringes. Our initial thought was to send up an irrigation bottle, have nursing draw up bedside, and then discard the rest but wanted to see what other institutions are doing as there are inherent risks either way.

We are making oral preparation caffeine citrate from caffeine citrate ampoule bt diluting with D10W and putting BUD OF 24 HOUR according to LEXICOMP. we are preparing caffeine citrate outside the environment . Do you recommend to prepare in IV hood above oral preparation or is it fine to prepare outside I WILL BE THANKFUL FOR YOU SUGGESTIONS

Had a report last week where remdesivir IV study doses were compounded with twice the amount of medication. Initial doses are loading dose of 200 mg, or 2 vials. Subsequent doses are 100 mg or 1 vial. The subsequent doses were compounded with 2 vials though the dose was 100 mg.

How does your institution maintain compliance with CMS regulation 482.25 (b) (5) “Drugs and biologicals not specifically prescribed as to time or number of doses must automatically be stopped after a reasonable time that is predetermined by the medical staff?” Do all ordered medications have an automatic end date in the electronic health record? If there is an automatic end date, do providers have a prompt to renew or restart medications that have automatically completed? Does anyone not have an auto stop and if so, how do you justify?

How does your institution maintain compliance with CMS regulation 482.25 (b) (5) “Drugs and biologicals not specifically prescribed as to time or number of doses must automatically be stopped after a reasonable time that is predetermined by the medical staff?” Do all ordered medications have an automatic end date in the electronic health record? If there is an automatic end date, do providers have a prompt to renew or restart medications that have automatically completed? Does anyone not have an auto stop and if so, how do you justify?

Hi everyone-

Does anyone have med safety metrics they collect around virtual care? If so, would you be willing to share?

Thanks,

Elizabeth

Our system has re-used CSP's not used for years with a strict cleansing policy. In some instances an amount of drug may be added to get the correct dose for a new patient. Does anyone have any policies on this? It is not addressed in USP 797. Thanks, Mike