Sentara Home Care Services

Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy Services

As the region's leader in home infusion therapy for the past two decades, Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy Team delivers high-quality infusion care to our patients in the comfort and privacy of their own homes.

Our local pharmacists and nursing staff ― available 24-hours-a-day, seven days-a-week ― are poised to respond quickly and efficiently when physicians order intravenous medications for patients with acute and chronic illnesses.

Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy Services are based on meticulous clinical protocols and procedures that have been proven to enhance our patients’ quality of life, as well as decrease hospital admissions and emergency room visits.

Our Team

The Sentara Infusion Pharmacy is made up of carefully selected and screened professionals who provide the same high-quality care that physicians and patients alike have come to expect from Sentara. The infusion team includes: an infusion medical director, doctors of pharmacy (PharmDs), certified pharmacy techs, registered nurse, registered dietitian support and delivery representatives.

Services

Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy patients benefit from much of the same advanced technology and services that are available in Sentara hospitals. These services include progressive therapies, such as antibiotic therapy, chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), pain management, hydration therapy, GammaGlobulin IV therapies, and specialty medication therapies.

Specialty infusion therapies include Prolastin®, Remicade®, Subcutaneous and IV Ig and Hereditary Angioedema Drug therapy.

Additional Services Include:

  • Ambulatory Infusion Pumps

    State-of-the-art ambulatory infusion pumps means greater independence, mobility and convenience for patients.

  • Pediatric Infusion Therapy

    Hospitalization is a stress-provoking and disruptive event for children and their families. Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy department has moved "high-tech" care from the acute care setting to the home, enabling pediatric patients to be treated where they are most comfortable.

    All of the same advanced technology and services available for adults are available for pediatric infusion patients, including antibiotic therapy, chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition, pain management and hydration therapy.

    For more information about our pediatric infusion services, call 1-855-553-3290 .

  • Enternal Nutrition Therapy Services

    Our registered dietitian is available to provide professional consultation to ensure the patient is getting complete nourishment. For patients who require enteral or parenteral nutrition, we provide nutritional options that can be delivered to your home including:

    Tube feeding supplies

    • Ambulatory and stationary feeding pumps
    • Nutritional formulas based on medical need
    • Coordinated home delivery


    Benefits Enteral Nutrition Therapy Services:

    • Optimization of nutritional status
    • Prevention or minimization of specific nutritional deficiencies
    • Implementation of a healthy weight loss or weight gain program
    • Minimization of health care costs

    For more information on Parental and Enteral Nutritional Therapy 1-855-553-3290.

  • Available Intravenous Therapies

    • IV Antiobiotics, Antivirals, Antifungals, IVIG (Immune Globulins), & SQI6 (Immune Deficiency Therapies)
    • TPN (Total Parenteral Nutrition
    • Enteral Nutrition Therapy Services
    • Hydration/Electrolyte Replacement Therapy
    • Inotropic Therapy
    • Pain Management
    • Steroid Therapy
    • Desferal
    • Chemotherapy
    • Catheter Maintenance
    • Hemophilia Products (Factor 8)
    • Anti-emetic Therapy
    • Medical Office Specialty Infusion Products
      • Remicade
      • Botox
      • Makena
      • Antipsychotics


    Please Contact our Pharmacy for other services: 757-553-3290, Option 2
    Toll Free 1-855-553-3290

  • Specialty Infusion Programs

    The Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy Services department offers a number of specialty programs for patients with chronic illnesses. Programs are available for acute and chronic pain management, pediatrics, high-risk maternity and the management of chronic diseases, such as hemophilia and congestive heart failure.

    How to Contact Sentara Home Infusion Pharmacy Services:

    Our local pharmacists and nursing staff - available 24- hours-a-day, seven days-a-week - are poised to respond quickly and efficiently when physicians order intravenous medications for patients with acute and chronic illnesses.

    For infusion medications, supplies, and delivery questions call: 757-553-3290, Option 2
    Toll Free 1-855-553-3290

    For your prescription benefits Specialty Pharmacy, please visit Propium Pharmacy.

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