High-alert medication administration and intravenous smart pumps: a descriptive analysis of clinical practice.

Kathryn K. Marwitz; Karen K. Giuliano; Wan-Ting Su; Dan Degnan; Richard J. Zink; Poching DeLaurentis

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High-alert medication administration and intravenous smart pumps: a descriptive analysis of clinical practice.

July 31, 2019

Marwitz KK, Giuliano KK, Su W-T, et al. Res Social Admin Pharm. 2019;15(7):889-894.

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This retrospective study of smart infusion pump use across multiple hospitals found that the majority of pump alerts are overridden by clinicians, regardless of the type of pump or whether the medication is a high-alert medication. These results suggest a need to augment alerting algorithms to prevent alert fatigue and improve safety.

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