Either pharmacy or anesthesia can load medication (vials or pre-filled syringes) into the Saf-T-Tray. Use of the optional Saf-T-Station makes it easy and convenient to efficiently prepare batches of trays. When the Saf-T-Trays are fully loaded, the lid is secured with zip ties to prevent spills or diversion. A label can be affixed to the lid for inventory control or patient specificity. Some labels may be auto-read by medication inventory control systems.
If you use an automated medication dispensing system, the Saf-T-Tray can be loaded directly into these secure machines. Otherwise, trays can be staged to the OR using the normal methods your facility employs.
When the anesthesia provider is ready to prepare for a case, the Saf-T-Tray is opened and the first vial is removed. A standard syringe is labeled and used to draw up the medication. Both the syringe label and the vial label can be confirmed before placing them in the Saf-T-Tray as a matched set. This is repeated for each medication.
This optional but recommended step involves putting everything from the case back into the Saf-T-Tray, securing it, and sending it with the patient to recovery. The idea is that should anything abnormal occur during recovery, the entire story of what medications have been used in what amounts is right there with the patient.
When patient recovery is complete, the Saf-T-Tray makes it quick and easy to reconcile what drugs were used in what amounts without trying to dredge up the case from memory at a later time. Drugs can either be restocked or witnessed and wasted per facility policy. The Saf-T-Tray itself is 100% recyclable!
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