I am working to develop a checklist of sorts to evaluate the many templates of label types available within EPIC.
Does anyone have a checklist or any ideas to consider when developing this for a proactive evaluation tool?

For example: 2 patient identifiers - which 2?

Hello,

Would anybody be interested in sharing policies or procedures around their ED pharmacists' roles and responsibilities as it relates to the medication use process in the Emergency Department?

Interested in information about their roles as it pertains to both trauma and non-trauma situations; preparation of medications with orders and medications removed from ADC on override, as well as the hand-off process when pharmacy obtains med from ADC and/or draws up for administering end user.

Thank you,

Matt

Matthew T Beaulac, PharmD, MS

We periodically have issues with our batching labels coming off the refrigerated IVPBs. Our label size is 2 and 11/16" x 2." This happens more so after being sent via pneumatic tube, and has led to errors of mislabeled vasopressors (or uncertainty in what they actually are). Sometimes we have trouble with readability as well due to the ink rubbing off. We've tried ordering "fresh" labels (older ones tend to lose their stickiness it seems) and changing our printer ink/toner. Has anyone else experienced these issues? Have you discovered any fixes? Thanks.