1. Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.
- Author
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Orto V, Hendrix CC, Griffith B, and Shaikewitz ST
- Subjects
- Cohort Studies, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions prevention & control, Equipment Safety, Hospitals, Community, Humans, Infusions, Intravenous instrumentation, Medication Errors adverse effects, Nursing Staff, Hospital education, Health Plan Implementation methods, Infusion Pumps, Medication Errors prevention & control
- Abstract
Compliance with safety features on smart pumps with drug libraries is a challenge for health care systems. Noncompliance and workarounds heighten the risk for adverse drug events and subsequent costs of patient care. This quality improvement project describes a pump champion innovation implemented over a 6-month period. There was a significant increase in nurses' compliance to drug library software in smart pumps and a decrease in severe harms averted.
- Published
- 2015
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