Barcode Scanning Compliance - iohexol contrast agents

PLEASE NOTE:   Posts made to this forum should not be considered as the expressed opinions of, nor should be considered endorsed by, the Medication Safety Officer’s Society (MSOS) or the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). 

Make sure your email is up-to-date
In order to continue to receive updates from MSOS, as well as forum posts and other valuable information as a member of MSOS, please be sure to update your email address with us, whenever it changes. If you need assistance doing so, please send an email to jrufo@ismp.org. 

2 posts / 0 new
Log in or register to post comments
Last post
Thu, 10/03/2019 - 17:32
#1
Brian Price
Brian Price's picture
Offline
Last seen: 2 months 1 week ago
Joined: 06/12/2019 - 14:47
Barcode Scanning Compliance - iohexol contrast agents

In tracking barcode scanning compliance, our diagnostic imaging dept frequently comes up with terrible compliance rates. We've narrowed down that the iohexol (omnipaque) contrast is the primary problem. I'm told it gets loaded into a device for administration and the original vial/barcode are not available at the time of administration. Have other hospitals had this same issue? Have you found a fix for this issue?

Top