Chemotherapy Administration

[angelRN64]

I work in an outpatient cancer clinic of a hospital in Wisconsin. I have a question about wearing gowns to administer chemotherapy (in the outpatient setting). What are all of you doing?

We use the Phaseal system and do not wear gowns, but I am aware that the ONS statement is that a gown will be worn when administering chemo.

Thanks for your feedback.

Ellen

[Faby]

Hey Guys. I need some help. I've been asked by a colleague about if when administering medications through a Porta cath, should we wear a mask, at the moment of making the puncture,in addition to gloves and gowns? Does anyone knows about a web site in which we could read about research on this?

we dont' have a special unit. Patients are admitted and are assigned to a single room.

thank you all.

[julieK]

Hey Guys. I need some help. I've been asked by a colleague about if when administering medications through a Porta cath, should we wear a mask, at the moment of making the puncture,in addition to gloves and gowns? Does anyone knows about a web site in which we could read about research on this?

we dont' have a special unit. Patients are admitted and are assigned to a single room.

thank you all.

You need to reference the policy/protocol of your institution. By us, it is a sterile procedure. No gown, but gloves and mask.

-Julie

[Faby]

You need to reference the policy/protocol of your institution. By us, it is a sterile procedure. No gown, but gloves and mask.

-Julie

Thank you Julie: We are, actually,reviweing the institution protocols, and we were discussing about this. So I thought it would be very usefull to have un "international opinion", wich , by the way, I agree.

thanks a lot.

[lcctracy]

Hi, I had administered chemo via Port-A-cath. What we do is wear mask and gloves. We do not assign the patient to stay in a single room. However, what we must do is aseptic technique. :balloons:

Hey Guys. I need some help. I've been asked by a colleague about if when administering medications through a Porta cath, should we wear a mask, at the moment of making the puncture,in addition to gloves and gowns? Does anyone knows about a web site in which we could read about research on this?

we dont' have a special unit. Patients are admitted and are assigned to a single room.

thank you all.

[Faby]

Hi, I had administered chemo via Port-A-cath. What we do is wear mask and gloves. We do not assign the patient to stay in a single room. However, what we must do is aseptic technique. :balloons:

Thank you for your input. :rotfl: