Safety implications of the dose change alert function in smart infusion pumps on the administration of high-alert medications.

Background: Most intravenous medication errors occur during administration. Smart pumps can reduce the incidence of dose or rate errors using soft and hard limits. However, industry standard dose error reduction software misses errors that occur during titration. The dose change alert was developed...

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Publicado en:Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 23 - 28
Autores principales: Goulding, Catherine, Bedard, Mario
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses Winter2015
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