Guest guest Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 Hi Maybe some one in hospital pharmacy can answer this one for me. I am in retail so I am having a hard time with the hospital aspect. Unfortunately the book I bought wasn't much help with hospital Once a crash cart has been refilled and dated it should be: 1. sent to the nursing unit 2. checked and sealed 3. sent to central sterile supply 4. sealed and stored 2 and 4 seem the most logical answer Thanks mcorbus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 Dear Mike, You are correct! 2 and 4 seem to be the most logical and if you notice are not too different. Oneof the things that is nice about Joe Medina's Certification Reveiw book is that he tells you how to answer a question when you are in doubt. When you really do not know the answer he says to find the two that are the closest. Then choose one. In regards to this question specifically, you have narrowed down the playing field. Now logic must take over. A) would you label, bag and store a filled prescription in retail and then later have the pharmacist check it?{this corresponds to answer #4 sealed and stored} OR B)would you label, have pharmacist check and store the filled prescription and bag it later? {this corresponds to answer 2 checked and sealed} Okay you now have the answer! it is #2 checked and sealed! Hope this helps you in making other choices that are difficult for you. In addition to this reccommendation, as to how to make a decision to questions or answers that you do not know anything about, Mr. Medina makes many other well kept secrets and points in his book. Since it is copyrighted I can not list the exactly. I am hoping that he will share his thoughts on this site, before this upcoming exam. Respectfully, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chemistry Pharmacy Program Director/Educator > Hi > Maybe some one in hospital pharmacy can answer this one for me. I am in retail so I am having a hard time with the hospital aspect. Unfortunately the book I bought wasn't much help with hospital > > > Once a crash cart has been refilled and dated it should be: > 1. sent to the nursing unit > 2. checked and sealed > 3. sent to central sterile supply > 4. sealed and stored > > 2 and 4 seem the most logical answer > > Thanks mcorbus > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 what we do with our carsh cart (the rx drawer) is replace it with a new one (its sealed) and then the cart goes to csp (central sterilization and ?processing?) where they fill the rest and put a lock on it. --- Mike & Anita Corbus <mcorbus@...> wrote: > Hi > Maybe some one in hospital pharmacy can answer this > one for me. I am in retail so I am having a hard > time with the hospital aspect. Unfortunately the > book I bought wasn't much help with hospital > > > Once a crash cart has been refilled and dated it > should be: > 1. sent to the nursing unit > 2. checked and sealed > 3. sent to central sterile supply > 4. sealed and stored > > 2 and 4 seem the most logical answer > > Thanks mcorbus > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 Dear Karin, That would be odd in California, because Central has to sterilize it and replace its stuff and inventory all, then it goes to respiratory and then the pharmacy where the final locks are added. Further to ensure that no one has tampered with the drugs or drug content it is kept in the pharmacy until the floor requests another to replace a code opened cart. In this way the drugs can not be removed or tampered with and the pharmacy is not exposed to unsterile equipment or contents. Jeanetta > > Hi > > Maybe some one in hospital pharmacy can answer this > > one for me. I am in retail so I am having a hard > > time with the hospital aspect. Unfortunately the > > book I bought wasn't much help with hospital > > > > > > Once a crash cart has been refilled and dated it > > should be: > > 1. sent to the nursing unit > > 2. checked and sealed > > 3. sent to central sterile supply > > 4. sealed and stored > > > > 2 and 4 seem the most logical answer > > > > Thanks mcorbus > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2002 Report Share Posted July 21, 2002 This is most correct and also a premise of preparation instruction that Joe Medina has used in his book as well. Jeanetta \ > > > Hi > > > Maybe some one in hospital pharmacy can answer this one for me. I > > am in retail so I am having a hard time with the hospital aspect. > > Unfortunately the book I bought wasn't much help with hospital > > > > > > > > > Once a crash cart has been refilled and dated it should be: > > > 1. sent to the nursing unit > > > 2. checked and sealed > > > 3. sent to central sterile supply > > > 4. sealed and stored > > > > > > 2 and 4 seem the most logical answer > > > > > > Thanks mcorbus > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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