This customizable document, Policy for Intraspinal Pain Management for Infusion Therapy Services, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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	POLICY: Intraspinal pain management therapy will be assessed and monitored to make sure that it is appropriately and safely used in the alternate site setting and to minimize drug-related problems. PURPOSE: This policy and procedure addresses therapy/medication specific aspects of clinical practice. All general clinical care policies and procedures apply when providing care to clients receiving this specific therapy/medication. General clinical care policies include: Pharmacy Plan of Care Clinical Laboratory Profile of Medications Coordination of Care PROCEDURE: Clinical assessment...
Second excerpt:
	...epidural delivery route will be limited to 10 ml/hr maximum. Only preservative-free diluents will be used in compounding intraspinal solutions. Each epidural or intrathecal client will be sent at least one vial of preservative-free saline for catheter flushing, if needed. During admixture, all compounded intraspinal solutions will be final filtered with a 0.22 micron filter. The compounding expiration date for all epidural and intrathecal preparations will be 30 days from the date of...