We just had our survey with only 6 directs and 14 indirects. NS flushes
were considered medication since they are used to flush a line and were
considered no different than the NS IV fluid.



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From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of jbird@...
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 6:27 PM
To: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Susan Gerhardt
Subject: Re: [NIHMBL] Saline Flushes in ICU








Susan,

I do interim management and for the past several years we have always
kept Saline locked for the reasons you state below. However, at my
current assignment in PA out quality director (who is also a Joint
Commission surveyor on the side) said that most recently saline syringes
have been considered a "medical supply" and not a drug or medication so
we are not locking them up at my current hospital. Hope this helps.

J. Foulk





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