Hello everyone - I have two questions on very different topics:

1. Does anyone have any policies related to how to handle patients coming in with external pumps? For example, patients coming in on 5FU CADD pumps or blincyto infusions.. we've had a couple instances of patients being admitted for unrelated reasons and nurses are obviously not trained on every pump in existence and are hesitant to touch a pump they are unfamiliar with (even if we're just disconnecting). And of course, chemo orders add an additional complication because telephone orders to continue home infusions can be tricky - we still need to make sure an oncologist reviews and proper double checks are done (as opposed to staff simply entering a note saying "ok to continue home chemo infusion"). So just wondering if anyone already has some sort of policy out there and if you'd be comfortable sharing with me.

2. Does anyone have a great way to address "loose" vials in the OR? We've had a couple of instances where an RN pulls vials needed for procedure ahead of time, but if not used, those vials can sit in the OR for quite some time. And just having "loose" vials sitting around increases chance of error (can accidentally grab the wrong vial). Does anyone have a good process on how to address this? We do not currently have BCMA in our OR. And it's too much on the nurses to go back and forth for each separate med (that would delay workflow too much)

Thanks in advance!