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Title Ad Hoc versus Standardized Admixtures for Continuous Infusion Drugs in Neonatal Intensive Care: Cognitive Task Analysis of Safety at the Bedside
Author(s) Timothy S. Brannon
Source AMIA 2006 Symposium Proceedings, Pages 862-862
ISBN 0-9647749-0-5
Publisher American Medical Informatics Association
Publication Date 11-Nov-06
Abstract Continuous infusion intravenous (IV) drugs in neonatal intensive care are usually prepared based on patient weight so that the dose is readable as a simple multiple of the infusion pump rate. New safety guidelines propose that hospitals switch to using standardized admixtures of these drugs to prevent calculation errors during ad hoc preparation. Extended hierarchical task analysis suggests that switching to standardized admixtures may lead to more errors in programming the pump at the bedside.


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