CONTINUING EDUCATION
These activities are approved for 1.0 contact hour Continuing Education for nurses or pharmacists by Saxe Healthcare Communications and other CE providers. After viewing a presentation, follow the link to complete the CE process managed by the third-party CE provider. In compliance with best practices and regulations, a nominal fee is charged for processing your credit.
Syringe Infusion Pumps: Considerations and a Comprehensive Overview for Use at Low Delivery Rates
The Food and Drug Administration’s national safety communication on syringe pumps brought renewed attention to the serious consequences of their incorrect use and the need for clinicians to better understand their limitations. Syringe pumps permit the delivery of concentrated, rapid acting intravenous medications at slow infusion rates and provide a means to deliver multiple medications in the face of conservative fluid management.
This course begins by exploring the principles on which syringe systems operate. This reveals nuances of their operation that may lead to unexpected medication delivery. The course concludes with a discussion of best practices for ensuring the desired infusion. This includes adopting ASHP’s Standardize4Safety recommendations, optimizing dispensing practices and syringe size selection, and developing protocols for syringe change-over. Applying this knowledge will help clinicians use syringe pumps in a manner that ensures patients receive their medication in a timely, stable, and continuous manner.
This activity is approved for 1.5 contact hours for pharmacists, physicians, and nursing by American Society of Health-System. Please review full details on the ASHP website.
Our Journey to EHR and Infusion Pump Integration
Shannon Burchett, PharmD & Renae A. Muhammad, BSN, RN
This learning activity will take you through one medical facility’s process of connecting their institution’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) system with its smart infusion pumps, allowing for seamless data transfer between the two systems, ultimately aiming to improve patient safety by minimizing medication errors through automated programming and documentation of infusion details directly within the EHR.
This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour Continuing Education for nurses. After viewing this presentation, follow the link to complete the CE process managed by a third-party provider. In compliance with best practices and regulations, a nominal fee is charged for processing your credit.
Going With the Flow: A Community Health System’s Journey Adopting A Novel Syringe Pump
Megan Fragale, PharmD, MS, BCPS & Valorie Wilkins RPh, MS, MBA, MHIHIM
This learning activity takes you through the journey of one medical institution as they implement a novel pump technology. You will learn the importance of organization and on-going operations such as drug library/pump maintenance. The keys to success from their experience will include surveillance, specifically, Dose Error Reduction Software (DERS) compliance, pump-network connectivity as well as a focus on quality and medication safety tie back.
This activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour Continuing Education for nurses. After viewing this presentation, follow the link to complete the CE process managed by a third-party provider. In compliance with best practices and regulations, a nominal fee is charged for processing your credit.