Facilities that are willing to consider accepting a person with a bleeding disorder (BD) may need help thinking creatively about the ways in which they can safely and comfortably accommodate a person who uses infusion or injection medications.

This section provides responses to concerns that may be raised by behavioral health treatment facilities. BD SUMHAC has prepared resources and talking points for common facility concerns, such as:

• Access to Factor

• Storing the Factor

• Paying for Factor

• Medical Complexity

• Overseeing Infusions

• Where the Person Will Infuse

• Patient Competency to Self-Infuse

• Identifying Someone to Administer Infusion

• Use of Medications With Potential Impacts on Coagulation

• Use of Crisis Intervention Techniques

• Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy

• Injury in the Facility

• Misuse of Medication

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