Patient safety, error reduction, and pediatric nurses' perceptions of smart pump technology.

Janice Jackson Mason; Renée Roberts-Turner; Virginia Amendola; Anne M. Sill; Pamela S. Hinds

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Patient safety, error reduction, and pediatric nurses' perceptions of smart pump technology.

May 7, 2014

Mason JJ, Roberts-Turner R, Amendola V, et al. J Pediatr Nurs. 2014;29(2):143-51.

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In this study, surveys found that pediatric nurses perceive that smart infusion pumps improve patient safety. Accompanying data captured by smart pumps supported that perception, documenting 65 instances in which those same nurses prevented medication errors by appropriately utilizing the devices.

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