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Article: Medication Safety Leaders Report Data from ``Smart'' IV Medication Safety System Saves Lives and Money.
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- August 18, 2004
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SAN DIEGO -- Data from "smart" infusion (IV) medication safety systems are yielding valuable intelligence about potentially serious medication dosing errors that were avoided by the safety software, the infusion practices that led to these near misses and how technology can help hospitals reduce their risk, according to speakers at the 4th Invited Conference "Measuring Safety with Smart IV Systems," sponsored by the ALARIS(R) Center for Medication Safety and Clinical Improvement.
The fourth in a series sponsored by the ALARIS(R) Center, the conference brought together a diverse group of institutional medication safety leaders from information technology, ...