Medications not yet evaluated by P&T are considered NON-FORMULARY. Always check 2 unique patient identifiers - NAME and DATE OF BIRTH - at every step! Please be sure to document all clinical activities daily.
It is a strong recommendation to only stock 1 neonatal surfactant due to possible medication errors. A non-formulary product should only be used if a very good clinical reason exists. Pharmacists should work with the prescriber to interchange to poractant whenever possible.
ORDERED FORMULATION
THERAPEUTIC INTERCHANGE
NOTES
calfactant (Infasurf)
poractant (Curosurf)
It is a strong recommendation to only stock 1 neonatal surfactant due to possible medication errors. A non-formulary product should only be used if a very good clinical reason exists. Pharmacists should work with the prescriber to interchange to poractant whenever possible.
Reviewed: March 23, 2005, and 25 April 2017, and 24 Oct 2017 (Infasurf)