Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump library update delays. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump library update delays. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Study
 
• Published March 2019

Unintended patient safety risks due to wireless smart infusion pump library update delays.

Hsu KY, DeLaurentis P, Bitan Y, Degnan DD, Yih Y. J Patient Saf. 2019;15:e8-e14.

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.

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