Authors

  1. Orto, Victoria DNP, RN, NEA-BC
  2. Hendrix, Cristina C. DNS, GNP-BC, FNP
  3. Griffith, Barbara MD
  4. Shaikewitz, S. Theodore MD

Abstract

Compliance with safety features on smart pumps with drug libraries is a challenge for health care systems. Noncompliance and workarounds heighten the risk for adverse drug events and subsequent costs of patient care. This quality improvement project describes a pump champion innovation implemented over a 6-month period. There was a significant increase in nurses' compliance to drug library software in smart pumps and a decrease in severe harms averted.