Pediatric Mediacton administraion

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Wed, 04/22/2020 - 14:55
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James Avila
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Pediatric Mediacton administraion

Currently oral morphine 0.4mg/ml is dispensed to the neonatal unit pyxis drawn up into 1ml sringes with a barcoded label. When needed for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome the nurse will waste the drug not needed and administer the appropriate dose as needed depending on the scoring. We have tried to draw up a patient specific dose but it never works because we can't get the dose to the unit in a timely fashion. What are other units doing?

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