aeberstein

Just looking for some advice. I am the Oncology Resource Nurse and have had multiple patient c/o nausea following saline flushes. The flushes we use are preservative and latex free. My nurses have now resorted to drawing up their own flushes from a bag of saline which we know is a no-no but we are stuck. Have any of you experienced this? If so what was the solution? Thanks for your advice

Actually you should ALWAYS take special precautions with a patient on Temodar. Temodar is considered a chemotherapeutic agent even though it is taken orally, what this means for you is that chemo precautions must be in place for the duration of the patients stay or 48 hours after his Temodar is discontinued. All of the patients fluids, stool, urine, emesis are considered hazardous - nitrile gloves, gown, double flushing should all be in effect. These are the OSHA and ONS standards nurses who practice without putting your patients on these precautions are practicing outside of the recommendations.