1. Implementation of a Smart Pump Champions Program to Decrease Potential Patient Harm.
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Orto, Victoria, Hendrix, Cristina C., Griffith, Barbara, and Shaikewitz, S. Theodore
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PREVENTION of drug side effects ,MEDICATION error prevention ,CHI-squared test ,LEGAL compliance ,COMPUTER software ,STATISTICAL correlation ,DRUG infusion pumps ,HOSPITAL health promotion programs ,LONGITUDINAL method ,MEDICAL protocols ,NURSES ,NURSING ,PHARMACISTS ,PHYSICIANS ,PROFESSIONS ,QUALITY assurance ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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