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STAT Technician Roles and
Responsibilities
STAT Technician Responsibilities
• STAT technician assists during cartfill process by delivering morning
respiratory batches.
– STAT technician delivers Williams Ward cartfill on Saturday and
Sunday.
• Any medication sent with a yellow label or any white label with a
red “STAT” sticker placed on it is hand-delivered to the nurse by the
STAT technician.
• STAT medications are expected to be to the floor within 20 minutes
of print time.
• At the end of the day, STAT technician should coordinate with other
technicians to ensure all medications are delivered from Premix
area, including pass-through windows.
• STAT technicians are expected to assist other pharmacy teams
between deliveries.
Creation of IV Recycle List
• The STAT technician is responsible for scanning the recycled medications in
the premix room to create a list for the pharmacy staff inside the IV room.
• Process for initiating list creation:
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Select “Recycle” on ScanIV
Click the “Options” button, select “Enable this content” and click okay.
Click the “Refresh Returns List” and click okay.
Begin scanning both refrigerated and non-refrigerated items.
Click “Print Returns List” and inform staff in cleanroom that they can retrieve
the new list from the printer.
– This is done at 7:00, 10:00, 14:00, 17:00 and 19:00.
• Refrigerated recycled medications are kept on the top shelf of the
refrigerator.
• Non-refrigerated items are kept in a yellow bin under the printer.
• If there is any difficulty in completing this task on time, the technician
working in the Premix room should be notified to assist.
STAT Medication Delivery
• The delivery log kept next to the premix room door is used to track each
STAT medication as it is prepared and delivered. During each delivery,
information is recorded into the log sheet and signed by the nurse
verifying receipt of delivery.
• Medications which are not needed or not needed currently can be placed
in the appropriate storage location or returned to the pharmacy, but
nursing staff should still sign for receipt of medication.
• In the event of a medication that must be locked in Omnicell cabinet,
nursing staff must still be notified that the item has been delivered and a
signature should still be obtained.
• HUCs are at the front desk of each unit and can assist in the location of
specific nursing staff. In the event that a nurse is not present on the unit,
another nurse (such as the charge nurse) can sign for the medication and
notify the nurse in charge of patient care.
• In the rare event that there is no one willing or able to sign for the
medication, store the medication per normal guidelines and document
this on the STAT delivery log.
STAT Medication Delivery Log
This is an example of the
delivery log for STAT
medications. This information
is tracked and recorded daily
to follow trends and track
success with the STAT delivery
process. In the event that a
situation requires specific
notation (STAT medications
delivered late, STAT
medications for which no
signature was obtained, etc.)
a notation may be made in
the margins or on the back of
the STAT log.
Auxiliary STAT Delivery Notes Cards
Auxiliary STAT delivery notes
can be used by hourly
rounding technicians or other
staff to deliver STAT
medications without the need
to obtain the STAT delivery
log. These individual notes
collect the same information
as the STAT delivery log and
are kept in both STAT bins
(one in the First Dose area
and one in the Premix area).
STAT Medication Delivery
• In the event that the STAT technician is
unavailable to deliver an item, the rounding floor
technician can be contacted to assist in delivery.
– As rounding technicians may be delayed in returning
to pharmacy to retrieve STAT medications, this should
be reserved for more severe situations.
• Individual “note cards” can be found in the STAT
bin in the First Dose and Premix areas for
rounding technicians to collect nurses’ signatures
without needing the STAT log. Used “note cards”
can be placed in coordinator’s mailbox.
Questions
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1) All STAT medications are to be as quickly as possible, within 20 minutes of the print time.
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2) Auxiliary STAT delivery notes cards are only found in the First Dose area in North Central
Pharmacy.
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A) True
B) False
4) When not in use, the STAT delivery log and clipboard are kept:
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A) True
B) False
3) If a rounding tech is called to deliver a STAT medication, they are not required to document the
delivery.
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A) True
B) False
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In the First Dose area.
In the SPC anteroom
In the Premix room
None of the above.
5) The STAT technician is responsible for the creation of a recycled medications list several times
throughout the day.
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A) True
B) False