my pyxis nightmare..

[annreese]

Okay so my hospital has been migrating towards taking medications out of the pyxis units more and more for about a year. It started off they took out the controlled drugs, than the expensive one,s then some other ones. It has come to the point where there are no more drugs kept in our pyxis, we order then from the pharmacy and they come up through the tube thingy. It's pretty fast, almost instantaneous, I am not sure how it works. I think the only drugs we keep on the floor are in the crash cart. So this morning I go to pyxis to grab a saline flush.....no saline flush.... I run over to the other pyxis down the hall....no saline flush. I ask a colleague of mine and apparently saline flushes are also considered a legend med now and thus will not be kept on the floor any longer. I was LIVID, you mean I have to ORDER a saline flush? Are you kidding me? That is absolutely ridiculous. I just DO NOT understand the rationale behind this. Apparently they still have them on the floor in ER, but not in the CCU? I under stand not keeping narcotics, even other drugs, but when they start taking my saline I will not sit and be quiet. What do you keep in your pyxis? Am I just crazy for thinking this is a bad idea?

[annreese]

Well I spoke with the nurse administrator today, he didn't know and thought it was ridiculous too and he said he would speak with the pharmacy who are responsible with filling it. Hopefully I will get my darn saline flushes back!