need MD order for Triple Antibiotic Ointment?

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Specializes in Psychiatric, Geriatrics.

At the hospital where I work, the triple antibiotic ointment is kept in the treatment room with the band aids and other minor first aid supplies, all of a sudden we need a doctor's order to use the stuff, is this standard practice or just my hospital being weird? What's the policy where some of you work? Thanks!

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Specializes in cardiac/critical care/ informatics.

yep need an order

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, ED.

Legally, we would need an order as well, but heaven help the nurse that pages the cardiologist on call for that!

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Specializes in LTC.

Yep, we need an order for it at my LTC cause it's considered a med. Hell, we even need orders for cough drops.

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Specializes in medical, telemetry, IMC.

our tao is kept in the pyxis so yes, we need a written order to get it ! :rolleyes:

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

We were told we need an order for it and an order to d/c it.

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Specializes in ICU/ER.

maybe it is a state wide thing, as we do NOT need an order--like the above post, we keep it on the wound cart with the gauze,band aides and cotton balls and all the other good wound stuff.

---I am sure now that I posted this, next week it will require and order!!

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Yes it is considered a med. Maybe its something that can be on a standard order set

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I'm a nursing student and we weren't allowed to apply the TAO until we'd completed our meds checkoffs. It seemed silly, but it's technically a med.

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Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.

we need an order as well. our bacitracin is kept in the pyxis.

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We don't need an order at my facility

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yep.

In LTC if you put a band aid on...you need an order and about 5 pages of assessments for why...

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