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Comparative Study
. 2006:2006:1128.

Evaluating the safety and efficiency of a CPOE system for continuous medication infusions in a pediatric ICU

Vinay Vaidya  1 , Azizeh K Sowan, Mary Etta Mills, Karen Soeken, Mohamed Gaffoor, Elora Hilmas
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Comparative Study

Evaluating the safety and efficiency of a CPOE system for continuous medication infusions in a pediatric ICU

Vinay Vaidya et al. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006.

Abstract

Critically ill children often require continuous intravenous infusions of life-supporting medications. The complexity of ordering such infusions makes this an error prone process, and such errors can result in serious adverse events. A CPOE system was developed and evaluated to assess its impact on the safety and efficiency of prescribing continuous medication infusions.

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