Multi-dose insulin vials kept in medication rooms

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Gary Ostrowski
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Multi-dose insulin vials kept in medication rooms

Is anyone using multidose insulin vials, kept in medication rooms and not brought to the patient bedside, to be used on more than one patient, provided the nurse is following proper infection control practices when drawing up the dose in the medication room? If so, I would like to hear from you what the nursing workload is like in regards to bar code scanning of the medication and if you employ any independent double checks as well. Thanks!

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