ICU Medical touts dosing errors study

ICU Medical (NSDQ:ICUI) said today that a multi-hospital study showed improvements in potentially catastrophic dosing errors and drug library compliance when its Plum infusion pumps and Hospira (NYSE:HSP) MedNet safety software were integrated with the hospitals’ electronic medical records.
The rate of potentially catastrophic dosing errors fell by 52% after smart-pump EMR integration, the study found, and compliance with a participating hospital’s drug libraries increased by 156%, on average.
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Source: Mass Device - February 15, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Hospital Care Pharmaceuticals Research & Development Wall Street Beat Hospira Inc. ICU Medical Inc. Pfizer Source Type: news