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Medication Ordered STAT and at Specified Time Intervals |
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Manual: Leadership Manual (Ver 6) Department: HOSPITALWIDE
MCN’s customizable template, Medication Ordered STAT and at Specified Time Intervals, is taken from our Leadership Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Medication Ordered STAT and at Specified Time Intervals:
| | POLICY:
STAT medications are administered immediately or within 15 minutes.
The Pharmacy Department will be notified during regular business hours of STAT medications via telephone contact or pager by nursing personnel transcribing STAT order.
Pharmacy Department staff will deliver the STAT medication to the requesting patient care unit.
STAT medication will be given directly to the healthcare provider who will be administering the medication.
If the medication will not be administered immediately, the healthcare provider will handle, store and secure the medication per policy and... |
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| | ...closed, the on duty Nursing Supervisor will be contacted regarding STAT medication and obtain the medication from the Night Locker.
The Nursing Supervisor will deliver the medication to the requesting patient care unit and directly to the healthcare provider who will administer the medication.
Medications ordered at specified time intervals shall be adjusted to standard hours as per Medication Administration Times policy as soon as possible, unless attending physician specified... |
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