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Implementation of smart pump technology in a paediatric intensive care unit

Silvia Manrique-Rodríguez1, Amelia C Sánchez-Galindo2, Ana de Lorenzo-Pinto2

  • 1Gregorio Marañón General and Teaching Hospital, Spain silvia.manrique@salud.madrid.org.

Health Informatics Journal
|February 6, 2014
PubMed
Summary

Smart pumps significantly reduce medication errors in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) by intercepting programming mistakes. High user compliance and awareness are crucial for successful implementation and enhanced patient safety.

Keywords:
drug libraryintravenous administrationprogramming errorssafetysmart pumps

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