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Home Infusion Services

You can receive IV medications and fluids in the comfort of your home

Depending on your medical situation, you might be discharged from the hospital early and receive your IV medications and fluids at home. With our home infusion services, you may be able to return to work faster and receive your medications at a time that fits into your schedule.

Medications and treatments you might be able to receive at home include:

  • Anti-infective
  • Pain management
  • Blood clotting disorder (hemophilia)
  • Total parental nutrition
  • Chemotherapy
  • Anti-inflammatory (corticosteroids)
  • Hydration
  • Specialty therapies

Your home infusion team includes pharmacists with service in hospital and home health care pharmacy practice, infusion nurses trained in chemotherapy and certified in inserting a special IV line (PICC), pharmacy technicians specialized in IV preparation, financial coordinators who are up-to-date on insurance regulations, and drivers who are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to deliver your medications and supplies in a courteous and prompt manner.

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Lehigh Valley Hospital has campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazelton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.

 
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