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Smart infusion pumps store drug safety information, but this data must be periodically updated. This study demonstrated significant delays in updating the drug information for smart infusion pumps. These delays resulted in failure to alert for two high-risk medication cases, but neither case led to patient harm.

This study discovered that computerized provider order entry saved nurses time but did not improve their ability to detect infusion pump programming errors compared with handwritten orders.

Specific labels for high-risk intravenous medications successfully reduced medication errors and allowed nurses to identify medications more efficiently.

Kuwaiti nurses felt that increased workload and stress were associated with an increased incidence of patient safety problems.

This study used snowball sampling (in which focus group members recruit additional participants) to examine the self-reported incidence of medication errors among nurses in Taiwan.