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Multi-Dose Vials: Multiple Compliance Targets
The Joint Commission (TJC) recently released answers to many common questions about the correct storage, use, and disposal of multi-dose vials in clinical settings. While this information will settle several uncertainties, achieving compliance may still be a challenge.
To Flush Or Not To Flush: Drug Patch Disposal
Hospitals across the country continue to struggle with the issue of how to dispose of medication patches in a manner that is both safe for patients and families and convenient for caregivers. Yet, regulatory agencies have few regulations applicable to hospitals regarding the disposal of medication patches.
What’s Cookin’ in the Hot Lab? Radioactive Eggs!
Recent consultation with several hospitals concluded with the discovery of radioactive food products being prepared and consumed in the nuclear medicine department. Further investigation and polling of others concluded that this could be happening in your organization.