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COMMENTARY

Taking aim at infusion confusion.

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

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.

AUDIOVISUAL

Safety Information on Alaris SE Infusion Pumps.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Patient Safety News. Show #57. November 2006.

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.

STUDY

Applying a multidisciplinary approach to the selection, evaluation, and acquisition of smart infusion pumps.

Namshirin P, Ibey A, Lamsdale A. J Med Bio Eng. 2011;31:93-98.

COMMENTARY

Intravenous medication safety and smart infusion systems: lessons learned and future opportunities.

Keohane CA, Hayes J, Saniuk C, Rothschild JM, Bates DW. J Infus Nurs. 2005;28:321-328.

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

MRI suites: safety outside the bore.

Gilk T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. September/October 2006;3:16-18, 20-21.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Double key bounce and double keying errors.

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

STUDY

Impact of a comprehensive safety initiative on patient-controlled analgesia errors.

Paul JE, Bertram B, Antoni K, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;113:1427-1432.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pharmaceutical industry and medical device companies: part of the solution?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 16, 2006;11:1, 3.

REVIEW

Technology, governance and patient safety: systems issues in technology and patient safety.

Balka E, Doyle-Waters M, Lecznarowicz D, Fitzgerald JM. Int J Med Inform. 2006;76:S35-S37.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: implications for nurse leaders.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctors see flaw in device recalls.

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

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital Bed System Dimensional and Assessment Guidance to Reduce Entrapment.

Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Bethesda, MD: Food and Drug Administration, US Dept of Health and Human Services; 2006.

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

ISMP medication error report analysis.

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

STUDY

Electromagnetic interference from radio frequency identification inducing potentially hazardous incidents in critical care medical equipment.

van der Togt R, van Lieshout EJ, Hensbroek R, et al. JAMA. 2008;299:2884-2890.

STUDY

Novel analysis of clinically relevant diagnostic errors in point-of-care devices.

Shermock KM, Streiff MB, Pinto BL, Kraus P, Pronovost PJ. J Thromb Haemost. 2011;9:1769-1775.

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