Good afternoon,

For sites that draw up antibiotic syringes from Samson bags -- anyone notice any particulate matter/coring with this product once reconstituted?

Thank you!

We utilize Kitcheck and have had errors related to used medications being left in kits and sent back out. Looking to see what others are doing and to see if anyone has discovered a way to reliably stop this from happening.

Yale-New Haven Hospital PGY2 Medication Use Safety and Policy residency program will be hosting two information sessions:

Tuesday 10/24 at 5:00 PM EST
Thursday 11/16 at 5:00 PM EST

Follow this link to register: https://keysurvey.ynhh.org/f/41685002/15e5/

For Alaris pump users how is your 3% Hypertonic Saline infusions set up in your Alaris pump?

There are several vendors offering inventory management solutions for hospital pharmacies, but it seems there is a lack of a single platform that could offer a comprehensive solution to track medication from the point of ordering, to receipt, then storage, dispensing, and administration to patient. Are there any success stories of implementing a robust inventory management system(s) in a multi-hospital health-system setting anyone could share, and any vendor recommendations?

Thank you in advance.
Daniel

What scanning solution at the point of dispensing of medication in the inpatient pharmacy (e.g. dispensing oral medications not loaded in ADM) do you have in place, if any? We are looking to implement a barcode scan verification process when dispensing medication from the hospital pharmacy (e.g. scanning medication barcode and verifying it matches the ordered medication in the EMR). I would love to learn how others have tackled this, especially if you have Cerner as your EMR.

Hello! Please see the SBAR below and make sure to like the post linked at the end if your facility could also use this EPIC functionality for titratable IVIG order.

*Situation
Current EPIC ERx build (Sanford Health Fargo) for IVIG titratable infusion does not allow for safe IVIG administration and documentation.

Looking for some examples of pediatric policies for comfort/palliative care, specifically addressing the use of continuous infusion drips with titration instructions. If you could share your EPIC order set that would be helpful as well. Thank You

Does anyone have a policy they are willing to share on guidelines for medications used as chemical restraints? Do you limit which meds can be used and at what doses a CRNA needs to be involved?

Has anyone outlined a process for handling patients who come into the hospital with a fentanyl patch (or any patch for that matter) on their body? 
1. Does the patch remain on the patient or is it removed?

2. If the patch is removed and it is a controlled substance (Fentanyl) how do you address the documentation/wasting component in the EHR, since there is no active order for the medication and would not correlate with a previous ADC removal?