Prolonged time to alarm in infusion devices operated at low flow rates

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2763-2765

  Ilan, Roy ^a   Fowler, Robert A ^b,c,d   Ferguson, Niall D ^c,e   Parshuram, Christopher S ^c,d,f   Friedrich, Jan O ^c,g   Lapinsky, Stephen E ^c,h   Biason, Ron ^b   Pinto, Ruxandra ^b   Etchells, Edward E ^b,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Equipment alarm systems; Infusion pumps; Safety

Indexed keywords

ALARM MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CANADA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54549114596     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818698e3     Document Type: Article

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