IRB medications via Smart Pump

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Susan Shermock
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IRB medications via Smart Pump

Hi All,
Does your hospital require administration of IRB medications via Smart Pump? If so, how is the IRB IVPB or continuous medication built in the pump?

We are curious as to whether there is a better process than what we currently have.

We do not have interoperability yet, but we do have Alaris as our Smart IV Pump. We had built a generic IRB medication as a fluid, but received complaints recently from some nurses that they are unable to run IRB IVPBs as a secondary because of the constraints of the fluid build.

Thank you and stay safe!
Susan

Susan Shermock, PharmD, CPPS
Medication Safety Officer
Investigational Drug Service
Howard County General Hospital
A member of Johns Hopkins Medicine
Columbia, MD

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