Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2007
Summative software evaluation of a therapeutic guideline assistance system for empiric antimicrobial therapy in ICU.
While developing the patient data management system ICUData in close cooperation with the software company (IMESO GmbH, Hüttenberg, Germany), a therapeutic guideline assistance system for empiric antimicrobial therapy in ICU (called "Antibiotic Wizard") could be introduced and integrated into the existing software. After its introduction into clinical routine, the first version was to be tested, checked for usability and compared to other software products with the help of the IsoMetrics(s) inventory (based on the EN ISO 9241-10 for computer-assisted workflows). ⋯ In generally, the usability of the "Antibiotic Wizard" was deemed good. Some weaknesses were found in the fields of "Error tolerance" and "Controllability". These problems will be corrected in future versions.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2007
Blood gas measurements using the Bayer Rapid Point 405: are we basing our decisions on accurate data?
Therapeutic decisions in the Operating Room (OR) are often made based solely upon results obtained from arterial blood gas machines. We evaluated how precise and accurate the results obtained from Bayer Rapid Point 405 (RP405) were vis-à-vis those of our blood gas laboratory and if they met the standards of the members of the anesthesia department. ⋯ Anesthesiologists must be confident that the information they receive is accurate in the context of rapidly changing clinical status. Our results show that the RP405 analyzers produce reliable measurements.