We hang all of our chemos with CSTD as a primary to prevent that from happening. We attach a flush to the tubing chamber to flush the rest of the drug in. ------------------------------ Robbin Melley, RN, OCN, BSN ------------------------------
We give lots of highly complex medications outpatient for rheumatoid issues. Most are MABs or immunosuppressive medications. We do an independent double check charge them as chemo and another RN only has to sign off on them. If a monoclonal or biotherapy ...
I don't believe I got those standards. The CJON and the new USP standards do not say any of the sort. I could be wrong but I never heard of anything saying our PPE or dry chemo bags could be thrown away in the regular trash. That seems wild to me especially ...
When I worked outpatient infusion for a NCI center we took the CSTD off and put the needle on to prevent drug loss in that device. We do the same thing at the outpatient facility I'm at now. ------------------------------ Robbin Melley, RN, OCN, BSN ...
Once again we will be having our annual Coat & Sock Drive this February. Please bring your new and/or gently used Coats and new Socks to our February Chapter meeting. The chapter meeting is scheduled for February 13th at Seasons 52 restaurant in Cherry ...
Hi everyone my name is Amanda Fairbairn and I am currently in my last semester of the ADN program at Gillette College. Expected graduation date is this May 2020 and I am excited. I currently received my preceptorship in Oncology and this area is important ...
Hi! My name is Amanda Fairbairn and I am in my last semester of the ADN program. I am happy to connect with ONS as my overall career goal is to work in Pediatric Oncology. I am still navigating through the site, and have found several posts that have ...
We currently use a care fusion BD clipper. It has a chargeable base and individual use blade attachment. See attached picture of our clipper and single use clipper blade. We are able to use our disinfectants without any problem. ------------------------------ ...