Smart Infusion Pumps: Implementation, Management, and Drug Libraries

No two ways about it: smart infusion pumps have transformed the dosage delivery system by reducing errors and improving patient care. But they depend on clinicians and nurses to make critical decisions, monitor the systems, and manage drug libraries. It is vital that health care professionals have the most comprehensive expert guidance possible. ASHP's newly updated Smart Infusion Pumps: Implementation, Management, and Drug Libraries, Second Edition puts it all at your fingertips. Written by Pamela Phelps, with contributions from 14 other experts, this is the core handbook for selecting, implementing, and operating this essential medical technology, covering every aspect of infusion pump management, including guidance for their growing use in patient home care. Updated and expanded, with practice tips, charts, check lists, scenarios and more, the second edition details procedures that ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and patient safety. The essential guide for anybody who works with smart infusion pumps, you'll want to have one for each member of your team.