Pump Up Safety With Smart Pumps
May 2025
Evidence shows smart pump interoperability with the EHR may cut errors with high-risk meds in half...but it might lead to other problems.
Interoperability integrates the EHR with the pump via scanning the barcodes on the pump and IV bags. Order parameters (rates, durations, etc) from the EHR are sent directly to the pump...no manual entry needed.
But errors are still occurring due to unclear software warnings...alert fatigue...and incorrect barcode scans.
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