Critical Care Systems is dedicated to providing high-touch, clinical care and customer service to both pediatric and adult patients with nutritional disorders. Each community-based branch pharmacy has an experienced multidisciplinary team who can manage all aspects of a patient’s nutritional support needs.
In addition to pharmacists, nurses, reimbursement specialists and customer service representatives, Critical Care Systems offers specialized nutrition support dietitians who are available to closely monitor patients and consult with health care professionals.
Total Parenteral Nutrition and Nutritional Disorders
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is the intravenous infusion of nutrients. TPN provides nutritional support to patients whose disease state precludes the use of their gastrointestinal tract. Critical Care Systems provides home and alternate-site TPN to patients who would otherwise require hospitalization.
Critical Care Systems offers Total Parenteral Nutrition for a number of nutritional disorders, including:
- Bowel Obstructions
- Cancer and complications from cancer treatments
- Complications resulting from bariatric or gastrointestinal surgery
- Fistulas
- Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- Inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
- Malabsorptive Conditions
- Pediatric anomalies (including Hirschsprung’s disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, gastroschisis)
- Pancreatitis
- Severe motility disorders
- Short Bowel Syndrome
Patients requiring TPN may consume limited amounts of liquids or solids by mouth but not enough to sustain their nutritional status. Patients usually infuse over 10-14 hours a day, but the schedule can be individualized depending on patient tolerance. Patients may need TPN for the short term, or they may occasionally need TPN for a longer period or in rare cases, for life.
Nutrition Support Program: The Critical Care Systems Difference
Our Comprehensive Approach to Care
- Local full-service branch pharmacies staffed with experienced pharmacists, nurses, dietitians, client service representatives and reimbursement specialists who can manage the nutrition support needs of all adult and pediatric patients, regardless of disease state.
- Local full-service branch pharmacies staffed with experienced pharmacists, nurses, client service representatives and reimbursement specialists who can manage all aspects of a patient’s nutritional disorder support needs
- A flexible service model, offering high-touch patient care and clinical management in the home or alternate site settings, such as our ambulatory infusion suites (AIS) or a physician’s office
- Access to Medical Directors who specialize in nutrition support
- Ongoing patient evaluation, monitoring and trending of lab values
- Resources and support available for bilingual or hearing impaired individuals
Clinical Excellence
- State of the art Standards of Practice for Nutrition Support help to promote optimal patient outcomes and minimize adverse reactions
- Standardized Home Parenteral Nutrition Clinical Pathway guiding the management of home TPN patients
- Fully-licensed JCAHO accredited pharmacies with ISO 5 compounding environments, meeting USP 797 mixing standards
Our Service Commitment
- High-touch patient care and customer service provided by professional, experienced and friendly staff
- Registered nurses and clinical pharmacists specifically trained in administering nutrition support are available 24/7
- Local reimbursement specialists verify patient benefits, obtain authorization and assist with insurance coverage guidelines and questions
- Assistance with patient evaluation and discharge planning support from hospital/clinic to home
Helpful Resources
American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
8630 Fenton Street
Suite 412
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3805
Toll Free (800) 727-4567
Phone (301) 587-6315
Fax ( 301) 587-2365
www.nutritioncare.org
The Oley Foundation
214 Hun Memorial, A-28
Albany Medical Center
Albany, NY 12208
Toll Free (800) 776-6539
Phone (518) 262-5079
Fax (518) 262-5528
www.oley.org
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