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Administer dimenhydrinate at no more than this concentration, over this amount of time.
What is 5 mg/mL and 2–4 minutes?
This free, confidential 24/7 service helps AHS employees and their immediate family members navigate personal or work-related challenges by phone, online, or through an app.
What is the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)?
For a patient on a known hazardous medication (during the precautionary period), these are the PPE requirements when drawing blood for IOPTH testing.
What is 1 pair of gloves, 1 chemo rated gown, and eye protection (risk of splash)?
This folder outlines the steps to follow after a needlestick injury and provides a quick link to the Blood and Body Fluid Exposure (BBFE) insite page.
What is Unit Procedures and Updates → Blood and Body Fluid Exposure (BBFE)?
A patient with an epidural has adequate coverage, a bilateral sensory level of T6, and a Bromage score of 3. This is whether the patient meets PACU discharge criteria.
What is NO?
This table outlines the recommended initial infusion rates for the transfusion of PRBC.
What is “Table 3: Recommended Rates for Routine Transfusion” in the Blood Monograph OR “Table 1: Infusion Rates” in the Transfusion of Blood Components and Blood Products policy?
This resource provides access to popular evidence-based resources, academic databases, education guides, and more.
Resource Service "KRS"?
When a vesicant is infusing through a peripheral IV, this is how often the IV site must be assessed and documented.
What is every hour (q1h)?
Some examples: calcium gluconate, norepinephrine, propofol and potassium chloride
This quick-reference tool outlines the recommended rates for administering IV fluid boluses through different types of vascular access devices.
What is "IV FLUID BOLUS RATES"
You’re giving report and realize your patient is SpO₂ 100% on 4 L/min by nasal prongs, so you titrate them down to 2 L/min. This is the minimum monitoring and documentation requirements following an oxygen titration.
What is monitor for at least 5 minutes and document the patient’s tolerance of the change?
This page outlines the IPC recommendations for patients with bacterial or viral pneumonia.
What is page 177?
This colourful reference tool outlines flushing requirements and volumes, dwell times, dressing changes, blood sampling, and other maintenance requirements for peripheral IVs and central lines.
What is the Adult Vascular Access Device Infusion Reference Tool?
This AHS guideline outlines the requirements and process for completing an independent double-check.
What is PS-60-01, Independent Double-Check Guideline?
This PACU resource provides a quick reference for the PACU RN with regards to care and management of patients with femoral arterial sheaths.
What is Femoral Artery Sheath Management in PACU?
For a C-section patient recovering from spinal anesthesia, this is the required spinal level for discharge from PACU.
What is: there is no set spinal-level criterion; confirm the acceptable level with Anesthesia during handover?
A patient has shingles localized to three dermatomes, and all vesicles have crusted and dried. These are the precautions required.
What are Routine Practices?
After removing an arterial line, this is where direct pressure should be applied.
What is one to two finger-widths above the catheter insertion site, over the arterial puncture site?
These five designated parenteral high-alert medications require an independent double-check when each infusion bag is initially prepared/hung.
What are continuous opioid infusions, heparin infusions, insulin infusions, parenteral antineoplastics, and parenteral nutrition?
When procedural sedation is used for a bedside procedure, this is the minimum number of qualified staff required.
What is three?
A patient receives Gravol 50 mg in 50 mL over approximately 10 minutes by gravity, as directed by the Parenteral Manual. This is the required hold time before transfer/discharge.
What is 20 minutes?