| Subject: | StayAlert Provides Additional Tools to Manage PCA by Proxy |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Wed, 5 Jan 2005 - 10:00 am |
| In regard to the recent JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert (Issue 33) discussing the negative effects of delivery of patient controlled analgesia (PCA) by proxy, the StayAlert Administrator is providing clients with additional policies related to this issue. As the Sentinel Event Alert outlined, the use of PCA is intended to allow patients to self-administer smaller, but more frequent doses of analgesia, reducing the amount of time the patient experiences pain, while maintaining a safe level of... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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