Therefore, the management requirements of medical refrigerators are becoming more and more refined, whether it is the standard of grade hospital inspection or the standard of high-quality nursing inspection.
However, not every nurse can 100% correctly answer the detailed questions about the management of medical refrigerators. It is necessary for every nurse to master seven common problems in the management of medical refrigerators.
What is the normal range of refrigerator temperature?
The refrigeration temperature of the refrigerator should be controlled at 2 ~ 8℃.
Who is in charge of refrigerator management?
The head nurse is responsible for the medical refrigerator in the ward and appoints a special person to manage it. The nurse in the main class (office class) is responsible during the day and the nurse on duty at night.
How to clean and maintain the refrigerator?
1. The main nurse cleans and disinfects the refrigerator every day, and scrubs it with 500 mg/L chlorine-containing disinfectant (disinfectant wipes), paying attention to scrubbing the box seams and corners;
2. Thaw once a month, and record and sign.
Requirements: check and sort out the medicines and articles in the refrigerator every day. It is forbidden to store specimens and personal belongings in the refrigerator.
How to manage refrigerated drugs in the refrigerator?
1. The pharmacy department should list the types and names of drugs that need to be refrigerated in the whole hospital. Clinical nurses should check the drug instructions before storing drugs in the refrigerator, and place the refrigerator according to the requirements of low-temperature storage of drugs.
2. Drugs are classified, clearly marked and placed at fixed points.
3. Insulin should be stored separately, with warning signs of high-risk drugs affixed, with identification information (name, date of birth), date of prescription and expiration date, and the name of the prescription.
4 patients bring their own drugs need to be refrigerated, to indicate the identity information, opening date and expiration date, and placed at a fixed point.
How to classify drugs frozen in refrigerator?
According to the specific characteristics of each department, several drugs that need to be refrigerated are listed below.
High-risk drugs: such as insulin area, urokinase, Agkistrodon halys hemagglutinase and some intravenous chemotherapy drugs;
Non-high-risk drugs: such as albumin (some do not need refrigeration), pituitrin, low-molecular-weight heparin calcium, low-molecular-weight heparin sodium, polyene phosphorylcholine, octreotide acetate, diltiazem, recombinant human granulocyte stimulating factor, recombinant human erythropoietin, etc.