Category: General Discussion
At our institution, 2 patient identifiers are currently required in the positive patient identification process (the patient’s name and either date of birth or medical record number).
Has anyone placed restrictions on hydromorphone? (i.e. restrictions on maximum dose, restrictions on who can prescribe hydromorphone, etc.)?
Thank you!
I have a question regarding pediatric antibioitic standardized dosing. Because pediatric dosing is based on a mg/kg basis, this can lead to an unlimited range of individulaized doses. The measurement and packaging of individualized doses in a unit dose drug distribution system is labor intensive, error prone and potentially wasteful.
Have other institutions experienced ADRs due to use of etomidate? In both recent time periods of propofol shortage, we increased use of etomidate and our ADR reports increased as well.
Atlantic Health is comprised of two community teaching hospitals and a rehabilitation institute. We have decided to develop a corporate strategy for looking at medication safety and welcome any information that you, the medication safety expert at your facility, can provide us.
This year we will only have one medication safety networking session at ASHP MCM in Las Vegas which will be for Medication Safety Officers (MSO) and anyone interested in medication safety. We hope you can attend.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
5:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Room 3505-San Polo
Good morning, colleagues.
When it comes to intravenous opioids, hydromorphone is the most commonly prescribed at our health system. Reasons given for its rise in "popularity" vary depending on which disciplines are involved in the discussion. Morphine used to be the most commonly prescribed. The 'switch' occurred gradually over time.
Just curious --
Good afternoon to all!
Our institution have discovered a pattern of serious problems with three RisperdalCONTSTA Dose packs: 25mg, 37.5mg and 50mg.
They range from:
1) defective rubber on vial
2) barrel of pre-filled syringe broke
3) needle came off syringe
4) liquid leaked from syringe during administration
