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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Conserve supplies, prioritize needs, NHIA advises

Taming Ambulatory Infusion Pump Shortage

By Dave Doolittle

As a nationwide shortage of ambulatory infusion pump administration sets continues, pharmacists should take steps to conserve supplies while prioritizing patients with specific delivery needs, according to the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA).

The shortage “is specific to the administration sets commonly used by home infusion providers to administer continuous infusions to patients on therapies such as parenteral nutrition,” NHIA president and CEO Connie