I'm in the process of writing a policy about what medications must be filtered for administration. Can anyone tell me what their hospitals are filtering? I'm aware of the chemo. drugs which require a filter, I need help with those drugs other than chomotherapy.
Yes, but where can you find a list of drugs that require a filter?
Blood, PN, and chemo all require very different filters. So a blanket statement of filtering these solutions is far from adequate. I would advise that you obtain the new INS textbook and review the chapter I wrote on Equipment and the different types of filters, the wide number of reasons for their use including particulate matter, air, and microorganisms.
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI
www.hadawayassociates.com
Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, NPD-BC, CRNI
Lynn Hadaway Associates, Inc.
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