Host: Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI® – INS Clinical Education & Publications Manager

Guests: 

• Maureen Burger MSN, RN, CPHQ, FACHE  • Candy Cross, MSN-Ed, RN

The National Coalition for IV Push Safety is working to achieve adoption of best practice guidelines for IV push medications. Variation in practices, especially manipulation of sterile injectable products and dilution, carries a significant risk of patient harm and adverse drug events. In this podcast, Maureen Burger and Candy Cross describe the problems associated with syringe preparation and injection practices that threaten patient safety.    

Resources:

·      National Coalition for IV Push Safety website: www.ncivps.org

·      Take Action: https://www.ncivps.org/partners

·      Hertig JB, Degnan DD, Scott CR, Lenz JR, Li X, Anderson CM. A Comparison of Error Rates Between Intravenous Push Methods: A Prospective, Multisite, Observational Study. J Patient Saf. 2018;14(1):60‐65. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000419

·      Hanrahan K, Wagner M, Matthews G, et al. Sacred cow gone to pasture: a systematic evaluation and integration of evidence-based practice. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2015;12(1):3‐11. doi:10.1111/wvn.12072