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, et al. A case study on the safety impact of implementing smart patient-controlled analgesic pumps at a tertiary care academic medical center. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38(3):112-9.
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.