Our nurses are all able to maintain PICC (Peripherally Inserted Center Catheter) lines and to work with central venous access devices. Our pharmacists and pharmacy staff maintain vital communications with a patient's physicians, ensuring timely, precise care. Infusion therapy available through Penn Medicine at Home includes:
- IV antibiotics
- Biologics
- Chemotherapy
- Nutrition
- Hemophilic Therapies (Factor)
- Immune Globulin
- Milrinone
- Steroids
- Supportive Therapies
- Anti-emetics
- Colony Stimulating Factor
- Hydration (IVF)
- Pain Management (PCA)
Penn Home Infusion Therapy offers comprehensive, wrap around care, managing all aspects of a patient’s infusion therapy in the home. This includes:
- Best-Practice, disease specific care teams that allow for expertise across oncology, nutrition, infectious disease, cardiology, and pain management
- Customized patient care plans developed by a multidisciplinary team that includes nurses and infusion pharmacists
- Collaboration with Penn Medicine at Home’s comprehensive programs to meet individualized patient needs
- Easy-to-read visual training aides that are therapy specific for patients and their families
- Nurses and managers available 24 hours a day / 7 days a week
- Consistently strong patient, family, and care team satisfaction
For more information, please call 1.609.497.4900.