Open AccessSet‐up and maintenance of syringe drivers for subcutaneous drug administration in palliative care
Author(s) -
Hirsch C. M.,
Marriott J. F.,
Langley C. A.,
Wilson K. A.,
Faull C.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 2042-7174
pISSN - 0961-7671
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2002.tb00646.x
Subject(s) - medicine , syringe , drug administration , palliative care , food and drug administration , drug , intensive care medicine , administration (probate law) , medical emergency , emergency medicine , pharmacology , nursing , psychiatry , political science , law
Focal points Details of syringe driver use were collected from 11 inpatient hospice units in the West Midlands and compared with predetermined standards set by a multidisciplinary group We recorded 294 syringe driver events which complied with standards for the choice of administration site, protection of the syringe driver from light and the reason for initiation of the infusion Issues of nurse training, variability in prescribing practices, provision of written information for patients, labelling and documentation of the diluent used were all identified as areas in which compliance with standards could be improved