Door-to-Dilaudid Time

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A measure cited as a more critical than door-to-balloon time, the new door-to-Dilaudid time (or DDT) is an important adjunct to the patient satisfaction survey, with a goal door-to-Dilaudid time of 90 seconds or less.[1] As long as patients are happy, we shouldn't worry about unnecessary consequences like the opioid epidemic or opioid-related deaths.[2][3][4]


Related Reading


- Death

- Dilaudid (Hydromorphone)

- Joint Commission

- Narcan

- Pain is the 5th Vital Sign

- Sleeping Beauty


References


  1. New CMS Guideline: Door-to-Dilaudid Time (Gomerblog)
  2. Surgeon General to Reverse Opioid Epidemic with Whopping Dose of Narcan (Gomerblog)
  3. Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan (Gomerblog)
  4. New Narcan Reversal Agent, NarCANT, Hits the Market (Gomerblog)


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