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Smart pump technology: what we have learned.
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PMID:  21562383     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Intravenous infusion may present the greatest preventable medication administration error risk to hospitalized patients. Smart pumps can provide clinical decision support at the bedside for nurses who are administering intravenously administered medications with the potential to significantly reduce medication errors and subsequent patient harm. However, implementations of smart pumps have yielded mixed results and mixed perceptions of their ability to actually decrease error. To realize the potential of smart pumps, there must exist a clear understanding of how these devices are being integrated into healthcare organizations, specifically nursing practice. The purpose of this article was to describe current smart pump evaluation studies and to suggest areas of future evaluation focus.
Authors:
Beth L Elias; Jacqueline A Moss
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN     Volume:  29     ISSN:  1538-9774     ISO Abbreviation:  Comput Inform Nurs     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-05-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101141667     Medline TA:  Comput Inform Nurs     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  TC61-7     Citation Subset:  IM; N    
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Author Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing.
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