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1. Pain pumps

   answerman replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   That seems like best practice. I see no real need for the pain pump to be in the O.R. The bolus of local anesthetic usually has a half life of perhaps up to 4 hours. Is this a tissue / wound infiltration or peripheral nerve block or a combination o...

2. Pain pumps

   answerman replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   More information from the University of Chicago on pain pumps. The STRYKER Pain Pump 2 has been discontinued. It is not an "elastomeric" pump but a disposable programmable electronic infusion pump. http://dig.pharm.uic.edu/faq/Sep10/elastomeric.aspx...

3. Pain pumps

   answerman replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   Hello Deb: Thank you for your positive feed back. Regards, TJG

4. Pain pumps

   answerman replied to nursinadream's topic in Operating Room

   The best way to fill a pain pump is for the pharmacy to fill and dispense as with any sterile medication according to the USP 797 regulations that basically says that mixing at the back table is a "high risk" procedure for infection and that compound...