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MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. 205 EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS PURPOSE: • To ensure that emergency medications and/or supplies are consistently available, controlled and appropriately secured. • To uphold the patient’s right to receive information in an appropriate and understandable format and to be involved in the decision-making process regarding his/her care, treatment and/or services, as appropriate. POLICY: • MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. qualified personnel shall have an anaphylaxis kit available in the patient’s home as appropriate, i.e., during infusion of intravenous medications or investigational drugs. • If it is determined that the patient’s home environment is not a safe and secure storage site for the anaphylaxis kit, the nurse will keep the kit in his/her possession. • Emergency medications shall not be used by any MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. personnel in the event a patient suffers a cardiopulmonary arrest. • Physician orders are required for an anaphylaxis kit to be present in a patient’s home while receiving care, treatment and/or services from MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. • An anaphylaxis kit must be readily available per a physician's order during the entire infusion. A kit will typically contain, but is not limited to: • Adult:  One (1) administration set  Two (2) 21 g butterfly  One (1) 90 mm airway  Two (2) tongue blade (for airway insertion)  One (1) 0.3 mg EpiPen-Injector  Two (2) epinephrine 1:1000 (IM)  One (1) diphenhydramine (Benadryl) 50 mg per mL IV, IM or PO