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Outpatient Chemotherapy
Patient-focused
chemotherapy is provided on an outpatient basis in the Chemotherapy,
IV Injections and Transfusion Unit on the Ambulatory Services
Center’s second floor. The unit provides a comfortable, private
setting for outpatient chemotherapy and various procedures as
ordered by the physician. Laboratory tests and other services are
brought to the patients as they rest in comfortable recliners with
their own television sets. CBC tests are performed on site and the
results are available within minutes.
The following services
are also provided in the chemotherapy/IV Infusion unit for
non-oncology and oncology patients:
IM/IV antibiotics
Blood and platelet transfusions
IV hydration
Iron infusions
Vitamin K, allergy-relief and other injections
Colony stimulating factors (Neupogen, Procrit, Neumega)
Lab services
Blood draws
Central line maintenance
Diuretics
Remicade infusions
Solumedrol infusions
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