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Intravenous Medication Administration Safety with Smart Infusion Pumps in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: An Observational Study.
INTRODUCTION: Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are among the most vulnerable patient populations and medication errors are a significant source of risk and harm to neonates. Smart infusion pumps have been implemented to support the safe medication administration process; however, the effect of using smart infusion pumps on medication safety in the NICU is still unclear.
METHODS: We conducted an observational study with a prospective point-prevalence approach to investigate intravenous (IV) medication administration errors in the NICU at one academic medical center in the USA. Observations were conducted in 48 days in a 3-month data collection period in 2019.
RESULTS: We observed a total of 441 patients with 905 IV medication administrations during the data collection period. The total number of errors was 130 (14.4 per 100 administrations). Of these, the most frequent errors were selecting the wrong drug library entry (5.3 per 100 administrations), unauthorized medication (0.7 per 100 administrations), and wrong dose (0.6 per 100 administrations). Sixty-eight errors (7.5 per 100 administrations) were unlikely to cause harm despite reaching the patient (category C errors), while the rest did not reach the patient.
CONCLUSION: We identified the medication errors, which was unique to NICU populations, but no harm to the patients were identified. Most errors occurred due to a lack of compliance of using smart pump technology; therefore, potential exists to maximize safety related to medication administration practices in the NICU through hospital policy change and increasing adherence to appropriate use of smart pump technology.
METHODS: We conducted an observational study with a prospective point-prevalence approach to investigate intravenous (IV) medication administration errors in the NICU at one academic medical center in the USA. Observations were conducted in 48 days in a 3-month data collection period in 2019.
RESULTS: We observed a total of 441 patients with 905 IV medication administrations during the data collection period. The total number of errors was 130 (14.4 per 100 administrations). Of these, the most frequent errors were selecting the wrong drug library entry (5.3 per 100 administrations), unauthorized medication (0.7 per 100 administrations), and wrong dose (0.6 per 100 administrations). Sixty-eight errors (7.5 per 100 administrations) were unlikely to cause harm despite reaching the patient (category C errors), while the rest did not reach the patient.
CONCLUSION: We identified the medication errors, which was unique to NICU populations, but no harm to the patients were identified. Most errors occurred due to a lack of compliance of using smart pump technology; therefore, potential exists to maximize safety related to medication administration practices in the NICU through hospital policy change and increasing adherence to appropriate use of smart pump technology.
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