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AAP Grand Rounds 14:68-69 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Medication Errors Reduced with Smart-Pump Infusion

Source: Larsen GY, Parker HB, Cash J, et al. Standard drug concentrations and smart-pump technology reduce continuous medications-infusion errors in pediatric patients. Pediatrics. 2005;116:e21–e25.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Authors from Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, combined implementation of standard drug concentrations and "smart-pump" technology to reduce continuous medication infusion error rates. The authors developed standard concentrations for the 32 medications that comprise approximately 95% of all medications commonly delivered by intravenous continuous infusions. Depending on the medication, from 1 to 4 concentrations were needed to meet most pediatric patient needs. Next, a multidisciplinary task force (staff from nursing, pharmacy, clinical engineering, and the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units [NICU and PICU]) met with a hospital patient safety manager to develop criteria to select a "smart" syringe pump. Once the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Susan L. Bratton, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatric Critical Care, Primary Children’s Medical Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

 



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