Medication clinic

About the team

The Medication Clinic team also know as the IV Team is a specialist community -based team. We supports non-house bound patients with medications via various routes, management of in-dwelling pleural and peritoneal drainage catheters and chemotherapy disconnection.

The team offers clinic appointments for:

• Patients on intravenous antibiotics and injectable medications
• Maintenance of long-term vascular access device such as peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), midlines, hickman line and portacath.
• Blood-draw through PICC, Port-a-cath and Hickman line
• Support patients with variety of drains including pleural and peritoneal catheter drainage (Pleurx and Rocket drain) and ambulatory drainage maintenance
• Chemotherapy disconnection
• Support for patient on symptom-control syringe drivers~ The Medication Clinic team work closely with other healthcare professionals to support patients that requires the service.

Benefits of Service offered:

• Reduced demand for hospital in-patients bed
• Reduction in hospital acquired infections
• Improved patient satisfaction and wellbeing
• Support and facilitate early hospital discharge
• Hospital avoidance