What types of sterile compounds can nurses prepare on the floor? Can they draw up IV push medications?
Only Immediate-Use CSPs (Compounded Sterile Preparations) may be prepared in worse (dirtier) than ISO Class 5 environments, such as in clinical patient care areas. Refer to the Immediate Use CSPs section for the six specific criteria. 3. Nurses in our practice currently mix Infliximab in the home just prior to infusion.
Only Immediate-Use CSPs (Compounded Sterile Preparations) may be prepared in worse (dirtier) than ISO Class 5 environments, such as in clinical patient care areas. Refer to the Immediate Use CSPs section for the six specific criteria. 3. Nurses in our practice currently mix Infliximab in the home just prior to infusion. If we receive an order for 600 mg in 6 vials of 100 mg each admixed in a 250 mL bag of Normal Saline, would this fall outside the Immediate Use CSP as defined in <797>, assuming the bag entry is limited to two? The standards for Medium-Risk Level CSPs apply, because more than three containers of sterile ingredients are used. When there are more than two entries into one sterile container, this also qualifies as Medium-Risk Level. Increasing quantities of sterile ingredients and manipulations of them increase the risk of dosage and ingredient errors, and microbial contamination.
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