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Case Study: Quality Improvement Strategy to Enhance Compliance with Dose Error Reduction Software: Focus on Hematology/Oncology

Smart infusion pumps are widely regarded as a standard of care to reduce infusion-related medication errors. They allow for a greater level of control, accuracy, and precision with drug delivery, and are designed to provide users with decision support for programmed doses and infusion rates to identify errors before medications or fluids are infused.

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How Safe Is Your Foundation? Network Insights Into Drug Library Settings

When developing a smart infusion pump drug library, many options must be considered. Best practice recommendations can guide decision-making, but reviewing network smart infusion pump data can provide additional insight.

Here's what we covered in 30 minutes:

  • Prevalence of upper hard dose limits for continuous medications
  • Adoption of clinically meaningful lower soft dose limits for intermittent medications
  • Utilization of the bolus feature for continuous medications

We had a number of great questions at the end of the webinar so please keep listening to the end.

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priming the pump webinar

Priming the Pump: Considerations When Selecting a New Infusion Pump Platform

Evaluating new infusion pumps for your health system or developing a better understanding of infusion pumps in general can be a challenging exercise.

On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, we sat down with leading infusion pump expert Karen Giuliano, PhD, RN, FAAN, MBA, Professor & Co-Director, Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to explore infusion pump technology and the primary considerations when evaluating various infusion pump platforms.

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The National Infusion Collaborative Welcomes ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) as a Member

PHILADELPHIA , PA , USA, April 15, 2024 via EINPresswire.com -- ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists), the largest association of pharmacy professionals in the United States, has joined the National Infusion Collaborative™ (NIC). Bainbridge Health launched the NIC in 2022, in partnership with Purdue University’s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, to advance the safety and stewardship of intravenous medication use. As a member organization, ASHP will work alongside leaders from Purdue University’s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and Bainbridge Health to further advance the NIC.

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Good Catches Bainbridge Health Webinar

Catch Me If You Can: Review of Near Miss Events in Infusion Pump Data

Bainbridge Health's Sean O'Neill, PharmD and Joanne Hatfield, PharmD, BCPS shared data from our vast network of hospitals to review types of good catches detected by smart infusion pumps, trends in good catch data, including medication examples, strategies to enhance patient safety through library build.

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Interoperability Webinar Bainbridge Health

The Interop Impact: A Review of Infusion Pump Alert Trends

Smart infusion pumps in health systems across the United States has become a best practice. 

Although challenges to implementation may exist, bidirectional integration of smart infusion pumps with an electronic health record, also known as interoperability, can offer an additional layer of patient safety.  

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Hard Limits Webinar Infusion Pump Data Bainbridge Health

Where is Your Limit? Review of Infusion Pump Library Hard Limit Practices

Best practice is to implement upper and lower hard limits when developing a smart infusion pump drug library. Healthcare systems report challenges in determining appropriate hard limits, especially for continuously infused medications, due to wide variability in dosing.

By reviewing trends in programming and network benchmarking data, healthcare systems can implement upper hard dose limits with confidence. 

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The National Infusion Collaborative Grows Rapidly, Exceeds 300 Hospitals

Philadelphia, PA - The National Infusion Collaborative (NIC), by Bainbridge Health, has experienced significant growth in the first half of 2023, surpassing 300 committed member hospitals across multiple infusion pump manufacturers. This achievement solidifies the NIC as the largest national network of infusion practitioners in the United States, and it continues to be powered by the collaborative efforts of Purdue University’s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and Bainbridge Health since its inception in 2022.

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Diving Deep: A Review of High Alerting Medications

Healthcare systems continuously strive to reduce interruptions at the bedside, including infusion pump alerts. Accrediting organizations recommend reviewing and optimizing infusion pump practices to prevent patient harm and mitigate risk. By identifying the highest alerting medications, healthcare systems can make meaningful changes to their infusion pump drug libraries to improve patient safety.

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Drug Shortages: Pushing the Library Limits

Drug shortages continue to plague health systems across the United States. Various mitigation strategies are often used to ensure appropriate therapies are available to patients. Sometimes, however, mitigation strategies may have unintended outcomes when administration techniques vary from standard practice.

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