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Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.

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Orto, V; Hendrix, CC; Griffith, B; Shaikewitz, ST
Published in: Journal of nursing care quality
April 2015

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.

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Journal of nursing care quality

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EISSN

1550-5065

ISSN

1057-3631

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

30

Issue

2

Start / End Page

138 / 143

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing Staff, Hospital
  • Nursing
  • Medication Errors
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Infusion Pumps
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Health Plan Implementation
  • Equipment Safety
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
 

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Orto, V., Hendrix, C. C., Griffith, B., & Shaikewitz, S. T. (2015). Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 30(2), 138–143. https://doi.org/10.1097/ncq.0000000000000090
Orto, Victoria, Cristina C. Hendrix, Barbara Griffith, and S Theodore Shaikewitz. “Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.Journal of Nursing Care Quality 30, no. 2 (April 2015): 138–43. https://doi.org/10.1097/ncq.0000000000000090.
Orto V, Hendrix CC, Griffith B, Shaikewitz ST. Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm. Journal of nursing care quality. 2015 Apr;30(2):138–43.
Orto, Victoria, et al. “Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.Journal of Nursing Care Quality, vol. 30, no. 2, Apr. 2015, pp. 138–43. Epmc, doi:10.1097/ncq.0000000000000090.
Orto V, Hendrix CC, Griffith B, Shaikewitz ST. Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm. Journal of nursing care quality. 2015 Apr;30(2):138–143.

Published In

Journal of nursing care quality

DOI

EISSN

1550-5065

ISSN

1057-3631

Publication Date

April 2015

Volume

30

Issue

2

Start / End Page

138 / 143

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing Staff, Hospital
  • Nursing
  • Medication Errors
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Infusion Pumps
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Health Plan Implementation
  • Equipment Safety
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions