ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications

ISMP Safe Practice Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications A compilation of safe practices from the ISMP Adult IV Push Medication Safety Summit

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ISMP Guidelines for Safe Preparation of Compounded Sterile ...

ingredients, such as patient controlled analgesia infusions, single electrolyte infusions, bolus doses, or ... 1.Review currently employed quality control measures used to ensure the correct preparation of ... Drug Inventory Storage Assembling Products and Supplies for …

  Ingredients, Inventory, Employed

Medication Safety

administration system. The materials will help organizations understand the issues related to bar coding in health care, assess their readiness, and move towards an effective implementation. Contents Section 1.1provides a brief background on strategic planning for medication safety, which answers two basic questions: 1.

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http://www.ismp.org/tools/donotcrush.pdf

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Error Prone Abbreviations - Institute for Safe Medication ...

Abbreviations such as mg. or mL. with a period following the abbreviation mg mL The period is unnecessary and could be mistaken as the number 1 if written poorly Use mg, mL, etc. without a terminal period he abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations found in this table have been reported to ISMP through the ISMP

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General High-Alert Medications Neuromuscular Blocking ...

Some high-alert medications have fewer self-assessment items than other larger categories of high-alert medications, so the total number of assessment items will vary based on which categories are chosen for analysis. The assessment includes general demographic questions. A few of the high-alert medication categories also have one or more drug ...

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Eliquis MEDICATION PRACTICES

Herbals or vitamins with blood-thinning traits (e.g., ginger, garlic, ginkgo biloba, alfalfa, anise, bilberry, St. John’s wort, feverfew, fish oil, vitamin E) Prescription medicines that should NOT be taken with Eliquis Tell your doctor and pharmacist about the medicines you take, since many medicines interact with Eliquis

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FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with ...

medication technology vendors. Any product label changes by manufac-turers require FDA approval. To promote standardization regarding which letters to present in uppercase, ISMP follows a tested methodology whenever possible called the CD3 rule.15 The methodology suggests working from the left of the drug name

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2020-2021 ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices ...

Dispense vinCRIStine and other vinca alkaloids in a minibag of a compatible solution and not in a syringe. Rationale: The goal of this Best Practice is to ensure that vinca alkaloids are only administered by the intravenous route. Vinca alkaloids (vinBLAStine, vinorelbine, vinCRIStine,

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Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed 2016

Fentora (fentaNYL) Tablet Note: buccal tablet; swallow whole Feosol (ferrous sulfate) Tablet Enteric-coated (b) Feratab (ferrous sulfate) Tablet Enteric-coated (b) Fergon (ferrous gluconate) Tablet Enteric-coated Fero-Grad 500 mg (combination) Tablet Slow -release Ferro-Sequels (combination) Tablet Slow -release ...

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VETERINARY PRACTICE GUIDELINES 2018 AAHA Diabetes ...

insulin therapy, give the practitioner an assortment of options for decreasing the clinical signs of DM while avoiding hypoglycemia, ... is intended as a guideline only, not an AAHA standard of care. ... stress hyperglycemia in cats, corticosteroid administration, the pres-ence of concurrent insulin-resistant disease (hyperadrenocorticism ...

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The use of variable rate intravenous insulin infusion ...

This guideline is for the use of a variable rate intravenous insulin infusion (VRIII) in adult inpatients with medical conditions and diabetes/hyperglycaemia, who require intravenous administration of insulin to keep their blood glucose within the recommended target range during an acute illness or a period of starvation.

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The Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults

The guideline is clearly written and accompanied by a practical and easy to follow flow chart to be used in ... Fluid administration and deficits There is universal agreement that the most important initial therapeutic intervention in DKA is appropriate fluid replacement followed by insulin administration. The main aims for fluid replacement are:

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Practice Guideline

their health care team(s).1 This guideline refers to the assessment, planning, preparation, implementation, administration, evaluation, and documentation required in the management of medication. This guideline is based on federal and provincial legislation, the LPN profession Standards of Practice,

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Treatment Guideline

Insulin Actrapid + dextrose Administer 10 units of insulin Actrapid in 50ml of 50% dextrose. Effects peak at 30-60 min & last for up to 6 hours. Do not give dextrose in DKA, give insulin only if CBG is ≥20. Nebulised Salbutamol Administer 10mg-20mg nebulised salbutamol (10mg in patients with IHD, severe tachycardia). In combination with

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Refeeding Syndrome Guideline

During starvation, insulin concentrations are low as liver stores of glycogen are mobilized. The glycogen is rapidly converted into glucose and gluconeogenesis activated, resulting in protein and lipid breakdown. Free fatty acids and ketones become the major source of energy.

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Guideline final post-cardiac arrest targeted temperature ...

Clinical Practice Guideline Purpose: A guideline to direct evidence-based care to post cardiac arrest patients who remain comatose ... using ICU specific insulin protocols using IV dosing of insulin. b. Decreased insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity contributes to hyperglycemia in

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UP Health System Marquette Pharmacy and Therapeutics ...

insulin [NPH] and 30% insulin injection [regular]) NOVOLOG MIX 70/30 (70% insulin aspart protamine suspension and 30% insulin aspart) Similar names, strengths and concentration ratios of some products (e.g., 70/30) have contributed to medication errors. Mix-ups have also occurred between the 100 unit/mL and 500 units/mL insulin concentrations. 4.

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Clinical Practice Guideline for Sepsis Treatment ...

Clinical Practice Guideline for Sepsis Treatment - Hospital and Clinic Settings Sepsis is a serious, life-threatening rapidly progressive infection. The death rate can exceed 50% without rapid implementation of treatment protocols. The patient’s outcome depends on the

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