Obseving Nurse Interaction With Infusion Pump Technologies
Abstract
In this paper, we describe the use of observational methods to assess the interaction between nurses and medication administration technologies. The observations were conducted to examine the use of point-of-care bar code technology and pre- and post-implementation of intravenous (IV) pumps with medication delivery software to prevent programming errors (known as Safe Medication Administration through Technologies and Human Factors or SMArt(HF) or Smart IV pumps). A total of 62 observations were conducted for the bar code technology, 52 observations were conducted pre-implementation of the Smart IV pumps, and 63 observations post-implementation of the Smart IV pumps. We describe the procedures used to collect data, and we present preliminary observation data analysis on the physical environment and the sequence of steps used in the medication administration process under three technological conditions (bar code technology, IV pump technology (before implementation of Smart IV pump), and Smart IV pump technology (after implementation of Smart IV pump).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA434082
Entities
People
- Ann S. Hundt
- Brian Hicks
- Joshua Desilvey
- Mustafa Ozkaynak
- Myra Enloe
- Pascale Carayon
- Prashant Ram
- Rupa Sheth
- Sade Sobande
- Tanita L. Robert
- Tosha B. Wetterneck
Organizations
- United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality