A performance improvement plan to increase nurse adherence to use of medication safety software.

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A performance improvement plan to increase nurse adherence to use of medication safety software.

July 25, 2012

Gavriloff C. J Pediatr Nurs. 2011;27(4).

This commentary describes one hospital's effort to improve nurses' use of smart pump technology after root cause analysis found that nurse workarounds of medication safety software contributed to a medication error.

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