Infusion Nursing and Pharmacy Services
Applies when the Agency’s license includes infusion nursing services: infusion is given by or under the supervision of a registered nurse trained in infusion, under a physician-signed plan of care; on-call infusion nursing is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week; infusion pharmacy services, if provided or contracted, are governed by written scope and run around the clock under North Carolina pharmacy law; and NC Medicaid coordination with Home Infusion Therapy providers is followed.
About this policy
- Policy number
- NC-HH-MED-02
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 10A NCAC 13J .1108
- Library
- North Carolina home health · 57 policies
- Category
- Clinical tasks
- Sections
- 19
In short
- Infusion care is given only by nurses trained and checked on each type of line and pump.
- An infusion-trained RN is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for every infusion patient.
- LPNs do not access central lines or ports, give IV push drugs, or start a first dose.
- Report any problem with a line (swelling, redness, fever, blockage, leaking) to the physician and the supervisor at once.
- Check whether an NC Medicaid patient also gets care from a Home Infusion Therapy provider, so nursing is not duplicated.
What's inside
19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (10A NCAC 13J .1108)
- 5. Infusion Therapies the Agency Offers
- 6. Training the Agency Requires
- 7. Orders, Plan of Care, and Pharmacy
- 8. Giving Infusion Care Safely
- 9. On-Call Infusion Nursing
- 10. Patient and Caregiver Teaching
- 11. NC Medicaid and Medicare Coordination
- 12. Responsibilities
- 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 14. Staff Training
- 15. References
- 16. Related Policies and Forms
- 17. Approval
- 18. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- Is infusion nursing on your license? Who supervises it, and what infusion training does that nurse have?
- Show me the on-call schedule for infusion nursing for the last month.
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