Omnicare Clinical Services Podcast Series

Utilizing Vascular Access Agencies

Today's episode will cover the vascular access services that Omnicare offers and will answer your questions such as: Does Omnicare employ vascular access nurses to perform this service?  How would a facility contact an agency? What happens when the agency nurse arrives at one of our centers and how log does it take? Who is responsible for obtaining consent? 

Facility Assessment of Staff Infusion Education and Competencies

As a facility leader, you strive to ensure that your clinical staff are consistently providing competent care. How can you leverage the resources provided by Omnicare to objectively validate facility infusion education and staff knowledge and improve care outcomes?  Listen to today's podcast, where we will discuss the facility assessment of staff infusion education and competencies as they relate to infusion therapy. 

Optimizing the Med Pass with Omnicare’s Med Pass Optimization Tool Kit

Omnicare Consultant Pharmacists have created a library of tools for customers to help optimize the medication pass, which can improve efficiency, reduce waste, and lower the risk for medication errors. This podcast reviews the tools to determine how your med pass can improve the focus on resident care.

Infection Prevention: One Pump. One Patient.

This episode marks the launch of Omnicare's "One Pump. One Patient." campaign which is directed at mitigating the risk of transmitting pathogens through the improper use of infusion pumps.

Vancomycin Lab Monitoring

We often see Vancomycin administered to treat patients diagnosed with bacteremia osteomyelitis, endocarditis, pneumonia and cellulitis (just to name a few).  This podcast will provide a review of the importance of Vancomycin laboratory monitoring and side effects to prevent injury and re-hospitalizations.

Hypodermoclysis

This year's flu season is predicted to be a challenging one. Hypodermoclysis can be a great addition to your infusion therapy toolbox to meet the hydration needs of our patient population. Hypodermoclysis or "clysis" as it is often called, is cost effective, easy to administer, and is safer than IV rehydration, but many nurses and even some physicians are unfamiliar with the procedure.  Listen now for tips from the experts!

Parenteral Nutrition

In this episode, we discuss the advantages of developing a TPN clinical program at your facility and how to navigate through admitting and managing TPN patients.

Focus on Infection Control: The Medication Pass

This episode discusses recommendations on how to minimize the potential for exposure to infection during a medication pass. This is helpful information for Omnicare customers and non-customers alike.