Chemotherapy
This Power Plan should be ordered, but not initiated prior to each chemotherapy infusion
What is the Infusion Reaction Protocol?
Patients receiving rituximab for the first time must be monitored for this.
What is a hypersensitivity reaction?
In this type of stem cell transplant, the patient receives cells from a matched donor.
What is an allogeneic transplant?
Staff can find the UNMH "Assessment of Risk" for Hazardous Drugs here.
What is the Safe Handling of Hazardous Medication Policy?
This describes the condition when large numbers of dividing cancer cells release their contents into the blood stream.
What is Tumor Lysis Syndrome?
This medication may cause cardiotoxicity and an echocardiogram is generally obtained prior to starting.
What is doxorubicin?
A class of treatment that "releases the brakes" on the immune system and allows it to attack the cancer.
What are checkpoint inhibitors?
GVHD commonly presents in these 3 organ systems.
What is skin, liver and gut?
Non-chemo certified nurses may administer chemo via this route?
What is PO?
In this condition, bleeding and clotting occur simultaneously and may lead to intravascular thrombosis or hemorrhage.
What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation?
These chemotherapy may cause hemorrhagic cystitis and requires heme checks q void?
What is cyclophosphamide?
This treatment uses bi-specific antibodies to direct T cells and other immune cells to the surface of a cancer cell, increasing the cytotoxic effects of the drug on the cell.
What is a BiTE Therapy?
This medication is used to manage Grade 2 neurotoxicity in CAR-T patients.
What is dexamethasone?
This chemotherapy requires it's own labelled black bin for disposal.
What is Arsenic?
This occurs when excessive fluid accumulates in the pericardium leading to decreased cardiac output and circulatory failure.
What is Cardiac Tamponade
For this chemo, you must follow the titration protocol if it is the first time the patient has received the medication?
What is docetaxel or paclitaxel ?
Rituximab binds to this marker on B cells?
What is CD20?
Patient T cells are extracted, engineered to target a specific antigen and infused back into the patient.
What is CAR T therapy?
The recommended time frame for standard chemo precautions.
What is 48 hours from the last dose?
This metabolic complication of cancer occurs because of malignancies destroying bone tissue and often presents with elevated an elevated calcium level.
What is Hypercalcemia of Malignancy?
The chemotherapy requires daily EKG monitoring for a prolonged QT interval?
What is Arsenic Trioxide?
This medication must never be flushed/bolused into the patient.
What is blinatumomab?
This immunosuppresive medication must only be administered through a dedicated lumen.
What is tacrolimus?
Cancer patients are at a greater risk for this vascular complication.
What is a thrombus?
Facial swelling, edema, or distended chest veins may be a symptom of this emergency?
What is Superior Vena Cava Syndrome?