Illinois Compiled Statutes 410 ILCS 642/20 – Possession of specified drugs
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(a) A home health agency, hospice, or authorized nursing employee of an agency or hospice, in compliance with this Section, may possess or transport the following specified drugs in a sealed portable container for the purpose of administration to the agency’s or hospice’s patients pursuant to the patient’s treating health care professional’s orders:
(1) Sterile saline in a sealed portable container
(1) Sterile saline in a sealed portable container
of a size determined by the dispensing pharmacist.
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(2) Sterile water.
(3) Not more than 5 dosage units of any of the
(3) Not more than 5 dosage units of any of the
following items in an individually sealed, unused portable container:
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(A) Heparin sodium lock flush in a concentration
of 10 units per milliliter or 100 units per milliliter.
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(B) Epinephrine HCI solution in a concentration
of one to 1,000.
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(4) Not more than 2 dosage units of Diphenhydramine
(Benadryl) 50 milligrams intravenously in an individually sealed, unused portable container, clearly labeled, and placed in a protective carrier.
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