This is an updated version of the 2014 publication. The current update (2016) adds 34 drugs, five of which have safe-handling recommendations from the manufacturers. Hazardous drugs include those used for cancer chemotherapy, antiviral drugs, hormones, some bioengineered drugs, and other miscellaneous drugs. This document presents criteria and sources of information for determining whether a drug is…
In case you missed it, the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) has published an updated position paper on The Role of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) in the Provision of Infusion Therapy. UAP is the common term used to describe the various assistive personnel to whom physicians, RNs, and other health care professionals may delegate patient care activities,…
Today our nation marks the 15th year anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 in NYC, DC and Pennsylvania. That was a day no one would ever forget. We will always be grateful to the courageous firefighters, rescuers and first responders who risked their lives to save those in the rumbles of this dreadful day. We…
It’s hard to believe this blog is now 7 years old!! I am grateful and humbled that you’ve continued to visit, read, post comments, and subscribe to my blog posts. Here’s are the top 7 most read posts this year: Click on the link for the post. 1. “Is there a difference? Osmolarity vs. Osmolality” 2.…
Q: I am a staff nurse doing home infusion. I’ve seen an increase in new home patients requiring infusions of Remicade and Entyvio this year.I have a patient to start soon and I have found no evidence on how safe these drugs are if administered at home. They are given in a doctor’s office where…
Yeah, this post is about gloves. I’m going to revisit this…not wearing gloves when starting a peripheral IV.. Then there’s the extreme, when healthcare providers wear gloves for everything like taking your blood pressure and temperature!! (save this for another time) We should all know about Universal Precautions, right? It has been around since 1983,…
Wishing everyone who celebrate a Happy 4th of July! I’m proud and grateful to call this great country my home. Have a safe and fun celebration.
Q: I saw the practice recommendation to limit tourniquet time to less than 1 minute when drawing blood to reduce hemolysis and inaccurate chemistry lab values. Once we stick and get a blood return, we wait till we’ve collected all our blood samples before we release the tourniquet and apply the dressing to the IV…
Another INS Annual Meeting done and dusted for 2016. Each year, I look forward to the exhibit hall hours and I consider it as one of the highlights of the Annual meeting. I am very grateful to all the vendors who were there and were always willing to educate us on their products. This helps us…
Just a few reasons to celebrate the month of May. National Nurses Week – May 6-12, 2016: The American Nurses Association marks May 6 as the start of the National Nurses Week, which ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Mother’s Day – May 8, 2016: Let’s celebrate the special woman in our lives who had the…
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