I know this topic was posted last year but I wanted to see if there are any organizations that have moved to storing NMBs in lidded bins in anesthesia carts. I reached out directly to ISMP and they responded that the intent of BPR #7 is that NMBs should be in lidded bins/ boxes wherever they are stored within an organization, including the OR. We currently have rocuronium vials stored in lidded bins but we do not have enough room to store succinylcholine syringes in lidded bins. I would be grateful to hear from anyone who has been successful with this!

We have been batching syringes of dexmedetomidine and nitroglycerin for our OR. Anesthesia has expressed concern that these look identical (they do), and have asked for color coding. Have other people implemented colors for batched syringes?

If so, can you share your workflow and implementation processes?

Thanks,
Kara
UVA Health