Re: IV certification

[Guest guest]

PCCA (Pharmaceutical Compounding Centers of America) offers sterile

compounding training sessions several times a year...just shy of

$800 for the course. Here's their link

http://www.pceutics.com/en/courses/classschedule.cfm

There was also a company called Letco based out of Alabama that

provided a similar program. Check our links section for more info,

url info.

Also check local colleges and pharmacy organizations for training

opportunities. I expect you will see A LOT of sterile prep programs

in the near future because of the new regulations/requirements set

forth by USP (United States Pharmacopeia)---

Dora

> I keep seeing job ads for techs and they want you to be IV

certified.

> How does one go about getting certified in IV admixtures and

sterile

> compounding outside of the workplace.

>

>

> Tahnks in Advance

[Guest guest]

I was just wondering....For all those who are IV certified, who

besides the pharmacist keeps track of the IVs? Well my question is

really...how can the pharmacist tell that you are putting in the

right medication into the IVs if it is in liquid form. Who checks you

when you make a mistake?

Thanks!

Tasha

> > > I keep seeing job ads for techs and they want you to be IV

> > certified.

> > > How does one go about getting certified in IV admixtures and

> > sterile

> > > compounding outside of the workplace.

> > >

> > >

> > > Tahnks in Advance

[Guest guest]

Hi Tasha-

Generally speaking, most techs will receive a combination of didactic

and or on the job IV training/testing before they are allowed to

prepare products on their own.

You must also take into consideration the facility's policy and

procedures and the comfort level of the pharmacist.

Some facilities or pharmacists may require the tech to lay out the

drug vial, the syringe with the appropriate amount of drug to be

added to the IV solution and the bag of solution in the hood.(this is

the only way I prepare TPNs) After the pharmacist has checked

everything THEN the tech can add the syringe of medication to the

solution bag. Others may be OK with the tech adding the medications,

but require the tech to leave the syringe,the medication, and the

completed product in a tray with a note indicating how much

medication was added. There is a certain amount of trust between the

tech and the pharmacist, and you must be absolutley competent in

technique and calculations. You must do your best to keep the mindset

of zero tolerance when it comes to IV errors. Maybe some of the

other IV techs can tell you how its done at their facility. In

Washington state all prepared IVs must be checked by a pharmacist---

techs are not allowed to give the final check.

Dora

Again, I believe that you will see more and more stringent training

requirements and policies/procedures in response to the revised

practice standards set forth in USP chapter 797

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

The method and technique that Dora outlined is the exact same method

that I teach my students and my students are expected to do on their

internship, here in California. It is also the way that I teched

over 8 yrs ago, before I went into teaching. Nothing has changed in

making or laying out finished IV's, over the years that I can see.

But I would be very interested in knowing if it has and how.

So definitely if you do it differently where you come from please let

us know!!

Most hospitals have some type of internal training and testing even

if you went through a school that has some type of training, lab and

didactic that Dora referred to.

Some even go as far as calling this as " IV Certified " . It is

usually an internal certification that is only good at that

particular hospital.

If there is some type of program that is a national IV certification

then it would be accepted in every state and required by some states.

I am not aware of such a program. Again most states do not have such

a requirement and most employers want to 'see for themselves' that

you are capable.

I beieve Texas is asking for such an IV Cert but I am not aware of

other states. I do know there are some employers in various states

asking for such. I think this is one way fo demanding didactics. If

enough hospitals demand such, maybe then the states will have to

think about making education a requirement.

If your state requires an IV Certification pleaswe let me know on a

post. I would like to make a list of such.

California does not require it. The vocational programs require that

you have taken IV classes and training.

Respectfully,

Jeanetta Mastron CPhT

> Hi Tasha-

>

> Generally speaking, most techs will receive a combination of

didactic

> and or on the job IV training/testing before they are allowed to

> prepare products on their own.

> You must also take into consideration the facility's policy and

> procedures and the comfort level of the pharmacist.

> Some facilities or pharmacists may require the tech to lay out the

> drug vial, the syringe with the appropriate amount of drug to be

> added to the IV solution and the bag of solution in the hood.(this

is

> the only way I prepare TPNs) After the pharmacist has checked

> everything THEN the tech can add the syringe of medication to the

> solution bag. Others may be OK with the tech adding the

medications,

> but require the tech to leave the syringe,the medication, and the

> completed product in a tray with a note indicating how much

> medication was added. There is a certain amount of trust between

the

> tech and the pharmacist, and you must be absolutley competent in

> technique and calculations. You must do your best to keep the

mindset

> of zero tolerance when it comes to IV errors. Maybe some of the

> other IV techs can tell you how its done at their facility. In

> Washington state all prepared IVs must be checked by a pharmacist---

> techs are not allowed to give the final check.

>

> Dora

>

> Again, I believe that you will see more and more stringent training

> requirements and policies/procedures in response to the revised

> practice standards set forth in USP chapter 797