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COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement.

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

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

Kirkbride G, Vermace B. Nurs Adm Q. 2011;35:110-118.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Double key bounce and double keying errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 12, 2006;11:1-2.

COMMENTARY

New technology, new errors: how to prime an upgrade of an insulin infusion pump.

Rule AM, Drincic A, Galt KA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:155-162.

REVIEW

Systematic review: antimicrobial urinary catheters to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection in hospitalized patients.

Johnson JR, Kuskowski MA, Wilt TJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:116-126.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fatal gas line mix-up: How to avoid making this "gastly" mistake.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 16, 2004;9:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

M.R.I.'s strong magnets cited in accidents.

McNeil DG Jr. New York Times. August 19, 2005;National Desk section:1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pump design flaws demonstrate need for practitioner involvement in FMEA.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 4, 2006:11:1-2,4.

COMMENTARY

Thin Air.

Gaba DM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2004.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

IV potassium given epidurally: getting to the "route" of the problem.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 6, 2006;11:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

An extra dose of safety.

Health Manage Techol. April 2007;28:30-32, 34.

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.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

United States marshals seize defective infusion pumps made by Alaris Products.

Rockville, MD: Center for Devices and Radiological Health, US Food and Drug Administration; August 29, 2006.

STUDY

Increasing vigilance on the medical/surgical floor to improve patient safety.

Jacobs JL, Apatov N, Glei M. J Adv Nurs. 2007;57:472-481.

STUDY

Enhancing patient safety with intelligent intravenous infusion devices: experience in a specialty cardiac hospital.

Wood JL, Burnette JS. Heart Lung. 2012;41:173-176.

COMMENTARY

Not again!

Berwick DM. BMJ. 2001;322:247-248.

STUDY

Increased catheter-related bloodstream infection rates after the introduction of a new mechanical valve intravenous access port.

Maragakis LL, Bradley KL, Song X, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006;27:67-70.

COMMENTARY

Taking aim at infusion confusion.

Burdeu G, Crawford R, van de Vreede M, McCann J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:151-159.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctors see flaw in device recalls.

Kerber R. The Boston Globe. June 23, 2005;Business section:E1.

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.

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