How other Epic hospitals are handling orders for oral and rectal contrast? Is it treated like a med and ordered, verified by Pharmacy, administered on MAR? Our current practice is that the order is generated by protocol (med not documented in Epic), DI tech mixes the contrast, labels it, and sends to the unit.

Hello!

Would anyone be willing to share the order sets/policy/protocols for contrast? I am especially interested in the omnipaque given orally and contrast given by fluoroscopy.

Thank you in advance!

Helen Lee

Hello,

I’m interested in seeing if any of my colleagues at other facilities have been experiencing an increase in adverse events associated with the use of IV contrast in neurointerventional endovascular procedures.

To summarize briefly, we have recently observed an increase in events where these patients have experienced symptoms of stroke, seizure and encephalopathy post neurointerventional procedures with subsequent recovery. One common feature among these patients is the unexpected presence of IV contrast in the brain post procedure.