Decreasing errors in pediatric continuous intravenous infusions.

Christoph U. Lehmann; George Kim; Renmeet Gujral; Michael A. Veltri; John Clark; Marlene R. Miller

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Decreasing errors in pediatric continuous intravenous infusions.

May 24, 2006

Lehmann CU, Kim G, Gujral R, et al. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006;7(3):225-30.

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This study demonstrated the effectiveness of a voluntary Web-based calculator as a mechanism to reduce errors in infusion ordering workflow. The authors describe the decision-support aspects of the system and their analysis of the data and errors abstracted from infusion orders.

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