Infusion Pump Informatics
RCHE's Infusion Pump Informatics community is a group of hospitals working together and with center researchers to examine IV medication data and improve patient safety.
Click to View Larger...Cindy Gaston, at right, senior clinical pharmacist for the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics in Madison, discusses the importance of safety standards for the use of infusion pumps at a meeting of the Infusion Pump Informatics Community, while Jim Young, quality assurance/process improvement pharmacist at Wishard in Indianapolis, listens. (Purdue University photo/Phillip Fiorini)
Click to View Larger...Bill Malloy, clinical pharmacy coordinator at Roudebush Veterans Medical Center in Indianapolis, emphasizes a point during a meeting of the Infusion Pump Informatics Community. Roudebush is one of several hospital systems from across the nation participating in the Purdue-led group to help establish safety standards for infusion pumps. (Purdue University photo/Phillip Fiorini)
Click to View Larger...This stock image of an infusion pump shows the many input areas on the pump face. Several manufacturers make these pumps. The software in the pumps allows hospital pharmacists to set high and low limits for each drug. The pump sounds an alert if the drug is not prescribed within these limits, which helps to prevent overdoses. (Stock image)Show Gallery Thumbnails
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