A case study on the safety impact of implementing smart patient-controlled analgesic pumps at a tertiary care academic medical center

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 112-119

  Tran, Mai ^a   Ciarkowski, Scott ^b   Wagner, Deborah ^b   Stevenson, James G ^c,d  

^a CVS Caremark   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEVICE SAFETY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT SAFETY; TERTIARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84857294598     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(12)38015-X     Document Type: Article

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