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

Ann M Rule; Andjela Drincic; Kimberly Galt

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

March 7, 2007

Rule AM, Drincic A, Galt K. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(3):155-62.

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The authors share a case report of errors associated with the introduction of new equipment in an ambulatory setting and discuss the importance of device selection and user training to minimize these failures.

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