astuart@pmsia.com
Networker
I have a small hospital that is somewhat limited on the amounts of chemo drugs that they keep on site. When billing for waste, they would like to bill for the waste based off of the vial size that they have available, even if a small vial size is available on the market (they just don't carry it).
Example, they infuse 200mg of Drug X using 2 150mg vials therefore they waste 100mg
I have told them that I don't ethically believe that you can do this if a smaller vial size is available such as in the above example, if 50mg vials are available they could have used 1 150mg vial and 1 50mg vial and not had any waste.
What I am looking for, is #1: Am I correct in my thinking - that they should only waste up to the smallest available vial and #2: Is there any documentation that can support this?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Example, they infuse 200mg of Drug X using 2 150mg vials therefore they waste 100mg
I have told them that I don't ethically believe that you can do this if a smaller vial size is available such as in the above example, if 50mg vials are available they could have used 1 150mg vial and 1 50mg vial and not had any waste.
What I am looking for, is #1: Am I correct in my thinking - that they should only waste up to the smallest available vial and #2: Is there any documentation that can support this?
Thanks in advance for your input.