Implementation of a smart pump champions program to decrease potential patient harm.
Compliance with safety features on smart pumps with drug libraries is a challenge for health care systems. Noncompliance and workarounds heighten the risk for adverse drug events and subsequent costs of patient care. This quality improvement project describes a pump champion innovation implemented over a 6-month period. There was a significant increase in nurses' compliance to drug library software in smart pumps and a decrease in severe harms averted.
Duke Regional Hospital, Durham, North Carolina (Drs Orto and Griffith); Duke University School of Nursing, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Durham Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina (Dr Hendrix); and Durham Nephrology, Durham, North Carolina (Dr Shaikewitz).
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Orto
Cristina C
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Hendrix
Barbara
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Griffith
S Theodore
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Shaikewitz
D015331:Cohort Studies; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000517:prevention & control; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000295:instrumentation; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education