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W G Notcutt1, P Knowles, R Kaldas
1Department of Anaesthesia, James Paget Hospital, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
Two incidence have occurred in our hospital when a patient-controlled analgesia pump has accidentally delivered the whole contents of the syringe of diamorphine (60 mg) over a period of approximately 1 h. Electrical corruption of the pumps' program has been identified as the probable cause. All pumps of this type have been modified to prevent such occurrences.