FAQs

No. This finding needs to be reported to home health or the pharmacy. The IV will need to be evaluated before infusing another dose.

Downstream occlusion is a blockage below the level of the IV. Check for a kink in the tubing or a closed clamp. Unhooking the tubing and flushing the IV line may be necessary. 

Medication should be warmed by room temperature. You can hold the medication container in your hands, allowing body heat to warm the solution or wait until the medication reaches room temperature. 

If you have not received training to change your dressing, tape the edges of your dressing down to your skin. Call your nursing agency. A visit will be required to change the dressing. 

If there is not medication infusing through your line, flush your line as previously instructed and close the clamp. If your IV does not flush easily, do not flush with force. Contact your nurse, who will visit to evaluate your line. 

For many cases, home health is the provider for nursing. The pharmacy and home health work together in coordinating your care. Your home health nurse will communicate the exact time frame in which they will arrive. 

Upon receipt of a new patient, we add them in our weekly calendar with dictations as to when and what needs to be delivered. The frequency of the delivery will depend on the type of therapy being received. When preparing your delivery, our team will determine how much medication and supplies you will need until your next delivery. However, please feel free to contact us if you need extra supplies or if you are wondering when you are scheduled for your next delivery. 

Call InfusionPlus if: 

You have to waste a dose of medication due to leakage, discoloration of medication, or for any other reason. We can adjust the date of your next delivery. 

Your doctor informs you he is changing your medication, strength or frequency. Then we can contact your physician to follow up on your orders and make sure we have the most current one. 

Your doctor tells you that your therapy is complete. 

Your IV access is removed or replaced–or if a different access is inserted. 

You are being admitted to the hospital. 

You will be out of any of your supplies before your next scheduled delivery. We anticipate the amount of supplies needed based on type of therapy, frequency of dose, etc.; however, a situation may arise in which you are required to use more supplies than anticipated. Also, please advise us if you are not using all supplies sent so that quantities can be adjusted.