Journal of pediatric nursing
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Comparative Study
Impact of computerized orders for pediatric continuous drug infusions on detecting infusion pump programming errors: a simulated study.
Continuous infusion medications are associated with fatal adverse events in pediatric intensive care units. The effect of computerized orders on detecting infusion pumps programming errors has never been studied. ⋯ Nurses preferred computerized orders. High error rate was related to manual calculations and inconsistent use of computerized orders.