The infusion pump informatics (IPI) system represents an innovative collaboration among a community of practice and researchers at Purdue University; the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing (RCAC) and the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE). This six-year-old decision support system was started to address needs for better management of smart infusion pumps. IPI supports a syste...

The role of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (insulin pumps) has become increasingly important in diabetes management, and many different types of these systems are currently available. This exploratory study focused on the reported heating issues that lithium-ion battery-powered pumps may have during charging compared with battery-operated pumps. It was found that pump temperature incr...

There are various delivery devices available for insulin like syringes, pens, and insulin pumps. Syringes have drawbacks like dosage errors and pain. Insulin pumps can be useful to mimic the physiological insulin secretion. Though the insulin pumps are launched in India a decade ago, they are not popular due to high price and thus there is limited experience and queries with its use. Use of ins...

To cite: Franklin BD. BMJ Qual Saf Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bmjqs-2016-005302 Smart pumps, incorporating dose error reduction software, are widely promoted as a patient safety intervention. 2 This software checks programmed intravenous infusion rates against preset limits for each drug in the pump’s ‘drug library’ with the aim of reducing the risk of ...

The objective of this study was to assess the usability benefits of adding a bedside central control interface that controls all intravenous (IV) infusion pumps compared to the conventional individual control of multiple infusion pumps. Eighteen dedicated ICU nurses volunteered in a between-subjects task-based usability test. A newly developed central control interface was compared to conventio...

BACKGROUND Manual changeover of vasoactive drug infusion pumps (CVIP) frequently lead to haemodynamic instability. Some of the newest smart pumps allow automated CVIP. The aim of this study was to compare automated CVIP with manual 'Quick Change' relays. METHODS We performed a prospective, quasi-experimental study, in a university-affiliated intensive care unit (ICU). All adult patients recei...

One of the current constraints on functional neuroimaging in animals is that to avoid movement artifacts during data acquisition, subjects need to be immobilized, sedated, or anesthetized. Such measures limit the behaviors that can be examined, and introduce the additional variables of stress or anesthetic agents that may confound meaningful interpretation. This study provides a description of ...

More than a decade ago, the introduction of intravenous (IV) smart pumps with drug libraries and dose error reduction systems (DERSs) provided a means for decreasing IV medication administration errors. Before IV smart pumps were available, all pump programming required the user to manually calculate the rate of infusion, then input the desired infusion rate into the pump. Because many differen...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Parenteral administration of β-lactam antibiotics by intermittent intravenous infusion or intramuscular injection has been considered the optimal dosing regimen. The exposure of staphylococci, streptococci, and enterococci to different β-lac-tams s...