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  • Nursing Practice
  • Patient Safety
  • Medical Technology

Background:

  • Multiple intravenous (IV) infusions are common in healthcare but carry inherent risks.
  • Empirical research on mitigating these risks is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Identify risks associated with multiple IV infusions.
  • Assess the impact of interventions on safe administration by nurses.

Main Methods:

  • A simulated adult intensive care unit (ICU) setting was used.
  • Forty nurses performed infusion tasks under a repeated-measures design (with and without interventions).

Main Results:

  • Significant errors were observed in tasks like programming IV pumps (11.7%), IV identification (7.7%), and managing dead volume (96.0%).
  • Six of ten tested interventions (practice, technology, education) significantly reduced or eliminated errors compared to baseline.

Conclusions:

  • Managing multiple IV infusions is complex and error-prone.
  • Targeted interventions, including standardized practice, technological enhancements, and education, can effectively reduce risks.
  • A multimodal approach is necessary for safe IV infusion administration.