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Medications listed are available on OH EPIC Formulary, unless otherwise noted.
Not all formulary medications are available at each facility. Please refer to your local pharmacy for available inventory.

OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM  

MEDICATION RESOURCES for NURSING
 Drug Resources & Tools

OHS High Alert Meds (meds that have an increased risk of causing significant harm to a patient when used in error) 

OHS Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Medication List - AMBULATORY CLINICS

OHS Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Medication List - INPATIENT (meds that have an increased risk of a med error because their names are similar to other drugs)

Hazardous Drug Listing- Ochsner Formulary

Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Guides

Management of Medication Extravasation and Antidotes- OHS.PHARM.OS.052

OHS BCMA-Dual Signature Medication List

SWFI Shortage Pyxis list for Anesthesia and Free Standing ED - Reconstitution and dilution  options 

SWFI Shortage Pyxis list for Inpatient Floor Units - Reconstitution and dilution options 

Clinical Skills

Do Not Crush List

IV Compatibility Chart  

Lexicomp

ED ICU Drug Guide

Pyxis Override List
Patient Education Resources Medication Safety News Centers Training Guides

CDC Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)

EMMI

Ochsner Custom Patient Education and Instruction Material

Med Safety Newsletter for Nurses How to Perform an Alaris Drug Library Update

Covid Drug Titration Badge Buddy

Drug Titration Badge Buddy

Pyxis Guides

Pyxis ES Link Training Documents 

BD Alaris Infusion Pump Guide

OB Hemmorhagic Kit - L&D, MBU, & EDs

Amniotic Fluid Emboli Virtual Kit - L&D, MBU, & EDs

Pocket Pump Guide for Alaris Interop

 
 Regulatory

OHS Hazardous Drug Resources

National Patient Safety Goals

Rx Waste Segregation Chart

Waste Stream Management Poster
 Key Nursing-Pharmacy Policies/CPG's

OHS Nurse Mixing Instructions for Free-Standing EDs and Non-24-Hour Pharmacies after hours

Ochsner Policies:

   OHS.NURS.006 - Alaris Infusion System (pump programming)

   OHS.NURS.053 - Barcode Scanning for Administration of Medications, Blood Products and Expressed Human Breast Milk (outlines barcode scanning process and Epic MAR actions/transactions)

   OHS.NURS.034- Medication Administration- Hospital Inpatient                                                                                

   OHS.NURS.049 - Reconciliation of Physician Medication Orders and Documentation of Administration 

For Pharmacy Policies please contact your Pharmacist

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