Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
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.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Orto, V; Hendrix, CC; Griffith, B; Shaikewitz, ST
Published Date
- April 2015
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 30 / 2
Start / End Page
- 138 - 143
PubMed ID
- 25390367
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1550-5065
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1057-3631
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/ncq.0000000000000090
Language
- eng