A case study on the safety impact of implementing smart patient-controlled analgesic pumps at a tertiary care academic medical center.

Mai Tran; Scott Ciarkowski; Deborah Wagner; James G. Stevenson

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A case study on the safety impact of implementing smart patient-controlled analgesic pumps at a tertiary care academic medical center.

January 3, 2017

Tran M, Ciarkowski S, Wagner D, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38(3):112-9.

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After adverse events occurred due to incorrect dosing of patient-controlled analgesia, implementation of smart infusion pumps resulted in a significant decrease in potential medication errors.

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