Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene

Services

• Medication Bedside Bar Coding - a patient safety feature which helps insure that the five rights of medication administration are followed:
  • the right drug
  • to the right patient
  • at the right dose
  • at the right time
  • via the right route of administration
• Monitoring of each patient’s medication profile to maximize medication effectiveness and to minimize adverse outcomes
• Preparation and monitoring of cancer chemotherapy
• IV therapy - preparation of IV medications under sterile conditions
• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) - administration by the patient of injectable medications for the alleviation of pain
• Total Parenteral Nutrition - total feeding by vein
• Pharmacokinetic Monitoring of Drug Therapy - utilizing established practice guidelines and appropriate patient monitoring parameters to maximize drug therapy and minimize medication related adverse outcomes
• Renal dose monitoring - utilizing patient renal (kidney) parameters to insure proper dosing of those medications impacted by changes in renal function
• Diabetes and Cardiac Rehabilitation education
• Drug Information