More than 50% of safety reports referenced crash cart issues and 60% of those were related to missing or outdated supplies

In a 12-month data review, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority identified 56 reports that highlighted emergency or rapid response situations in which supplies, or equipment were missing or outdated. Of the 56 reports, 35 referenced issues with crash carts and 21 referenced issues with missing supplies or malfunctioning equipment during an emergency situation.*1

Contributing factors to patient safety events related to crash carts include, but are not limited to:
• Medication errors and mix-ups
• Missing, expired, damaged, contaminated, and unavailable equipment or medications
• Carts not checked or inspected according to policy and procedure
• Staff is unfamiliar with the items regularly stored within the crash cart
• Staff is unfamiliar with procedures regarding how to stock or restock the crash cart

HealthFirst’s Emergency Medication Management program automates crash cart management. The program helps surgery centers and other medical practices realize savings, reduce waste, and stay compliant while freeing up time to do what they do best, focus on patients.

Crash Cart Medication Management

Emergency Medical Kits

OnTraq Online Medication Status

Crash Cart Medication Management

Tracking expiration dates and reordering crash cart supplies can be a cumbersome task that is subject to compliance risk. To overcome this challenge, the OnTraq Crash Cart Auto-Replenishment service ensures that enrolled emergency medications are tracked and automatically replaced just prior to expiration to maximize shelf life, save money and ensure readiness.

Emergency Medical Kits

STAT KIT® emergency medical kits with automatic replenishment service for a variety of ambulatory medical settings, including physician practices, surgery centers, commercial enterprise and aviation. OnTraq monitors and automatically replaces expiring medications, so your STAT KIT® is always ready for a medical emergency.

OnTraq Online Medication Status

Managing readiness and compliance no longer needs to be a time-intensive, manual process. OnTraq is an online dashboard that uses smart automation to link directly to your medication status, helping you save time on tracking, reporting, documentation and task management.

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*1 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority: Clinical Emergency: Are You Ready in Any Setting? Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, June 2010;7(2)52-60.