Infusion services
Infusion services include intravenous (IV) medications, infusion devices and other medications requiring precise dosage and management. An infusion suite is available for patients who may not qualify for home visits or where a more controlled setting is required.
Available Therapies:
- Catheter care
- Chemotherapy
- Colony-stimulating factors
- Erythropoetin
- Hydration therapy
- Interferon therapy
- IV/IM antibiotics
- IV gamma globulin
- Pain management
- Total parenteral and enteral nutrition
Diseases and Conditions Treated:
- Cancer
- Cellulitis
- Gastrointestinal trauma
- Failure to thrive
- Fungal infections
- Immune deficiency
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Osteomyelitis
- Malabsorption syndrome
- Motility disorders
- Induced enteritis
- Other infectious diseases
- Radiation or chemotherapy
- Short bowel syndrome
Patients may call a pediatric home care nurse at any time, 24 hours a day.
Physician referrals
Physicians, to make a referral, call 682-885-6294 or 800-747-8242. A Cook Children’s Home Health representative will assist you. Referrals may be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. After hours, an answering service will connect referring physicians or clinicians to the on-call nurse.
