Nurses often lack confidence in carrying out basic infusion rate calculations, particularly those needed to work out drip rates for medical infusion devices. This article describes the design and development of a computer software tool, poster and a pocket card in one trust to help reduce accidental errors when using infusion pumps and gravity infusions.

In this paper, we provide a qualitative analysis with an experimental viewpoint for the Operation and Support Hazard Analysis O&SHA process applied to syringe infusion pumps as a cheap and accurate way of contributing with the mitigation of the safety problem in these devices. The proposed model takes as quality criteria the compliance within safety requirements defined by the Foods and Drugs A...

Patients on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, or insulin pumps, are increasingly seen in hospitals. Inpatient providers need to have a working knowledge of insulin pumps to be able to decide, in conjunction with the patient whenever feasible, whether or not pump use is to be continued in the hospital, to assist patients in adjusting insulin doses via continuous subcutaneous insulin infu...

Liposomes are used widely as drug delivery systems in different forms including nanosuspensions, osmotic pumps, infusion pumps, and IV injections. Some of these systems (e.g. infusion or osmotic pumps) might stay stagnant for a long time during or before administration, and therefore, might face phase separation. In spite of these, there are no data available about the behavior of liposomal sys...

PURPOSE The aims of this study were to investigate how a variety of research methods is commonly employed to study technology and practitioner cognition. User-interface issues with infusion pumps were selected as a case because of its relevance to patient safety. METHODS Starting from a Cognitive Systems Engineering perspective, we developed an Impact Flow Diagram showing the relationship of ...