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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Proper positioning of pharmacy label on Hospira PCA vials will avoid interference with scanning.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 14, 2008;13:1-3.

COMMENTARY

The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety

Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol Keohane, RN, BSN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

STUDY

Intravenous infusion safety technology: return on investment.

Danello SH, Maddox RR, Schaack GJ. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:680-687, 696.

STUDY

The rate and costs attributable to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia errors.

Meissner B, Nelson W, Hicks R, Sikirica V, Gagne J, Schein J. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:312–324.

COMMENTARY

Vial Mistakes Involving Heparin.

Vanderveen T. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

Fluorouracil Incident Root Cause Analysis Report.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada. May 8, 2007.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Smetzer JL, Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43;788-792.

STUDY

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

Tran M, Ciarkowski S, Wagner D, Stevenson JG. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:112-119.

COMMENTARY

Are Two Insulin Pumps Better Than One?

Cook CB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't underestimate the impact of change on risk potential.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 11, 2008;13:1-3.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:960-964.

REVIEW

The safety of intravenous drug delivery systems: update on current issues since the 1999 Consensus Development Conference.

Sanborn M, Gabay M, Moody ML. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:159-164.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Lack of standard dosing methods contributes to IV errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 23, 2007;12:1-3.

STUDY

Attitudes toward medical device use errors and the prevention of adverse events.

Johnson TR, Tang X, Graham MJ, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:689-694.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Smart pump custom concentrations without hard "low concentration" alerts.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 23, 2012;17:1,3-4.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Latest heparin fatality speaks loudly—what have you done to stop the bleeding?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! April 8, 2010;15:1-3.

COMMENTARY

IV medication safety software implementation in a multihospital health system.

Cassano AT. Hosp Pharm. 2006;41:151-156.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Gifford seeks new review of overdose case.

Gregg K. The Providence Journal. August 2, 2009.

STUDY

The impact of traditional and smart pump infusion technology on nurse medication administration performance in a simulated inpatient unit.

Trbovich PL, Pinkney S, Cafazzo JA, Easty AC. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:430-434.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement.

Vanderveen T. Patient Saf Quality Healthc. January/February 2007.

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