Hello, I looked through the archives and only found one similar question with one response...

For those places that draw up SQ insulin doses in the IV room, do you draw up in a regular syringe or an insulin syringe?

If yes for insulin syringe, do you recap with original cap, or have some other capping mechanism?

Thank you!
Jane Mauro, PharmD
Irwin Army Community Hospital
Fort Riley, KS

I know there has been some recent discussion on this lately, but one of our pharmacists has put together a survey on insulin pens so we really would appreciate any additional insight on the questions below. If easier, you email or private message back with the answers. Once collected we will summarize and post back on the site.
Thanks for your assistance! Diane diane.schultz@seattlechildrens.org

How does your organization address the use of multi-dose vials in patient rooms that are in isolation status?

Most inpatient care areas in my organization have medication storage just outside of the patient rooms (in a locked medication drawer). The question has come up for patients that are in isolation, what is the most appropriate way to store MDVs like insulin? We use BCMA and would typically prep the insulin at the bedside and return it to the drawer to be used solely for that patient. But if the patient is in isolation, that complicates things (risk of contamination).