I'm an avid reader of the list serve and learn alot from the discussions held
here, thank you so much!
Okay now to my questions (which may have been covered in the past- not sure)
1. At your particular institutions are you obtaining informed consents for
midline placements or treating them the same as a PIV placement? (which i feel
they cannot be compared to) Also could someone guide me to INS standards which
do or do not support such consent. We are getting conflicting information at my
hospital. I work in an outpatient ambulatory infusion center associated with a
hosptial but not on the physcial campus.
2. How are any of you working in outpatient ambulatory infusion centers
obtaining Informed Consent for Blood transfusions (including a physcian
signature)? We may receive a call from the MD's office for referral based on
labs drawn the day before. The patient is at home and is called by MD's office
and then sent to us for transfusion. Orders are faxed in and the patient may
not even see the MD at all prior to transfusion. Upon arrival to our infusion
center we have been obtaining a consent and proceeding with transfusion, as
waiting for a physcian signature on the consent could delay the transfusion for
days. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Michele Adams RN, BSN
