As noted above, and in other reports in our newsletters, PCA errors can be deadly. Thus, special precautions are needed when administering narcotics to patients using this method of delivery, ...
Bryanne Patail, biomedical engineer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Patient Safety, discusses patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps and what the Veterans Health ...
Parents highlight dangers of PCA pumps to honor lost daughter. July 18, 2012— -- When Amanda Abbiehl's parents kissed her goodnight on July 16, 2010, they never imagined it would be for the last ...
Cardinal Health’s CAH Monoject syringes get unfavorable FDA recommendation following reports of delay in therapy as well as inaccurate therapy (overdose or underdose) when used with a syringe pump or ...
PCA or patient-controlled analgesia pumps is a way with which analgesic can be self-administered by the patient as and when needed. Patient-controlled analgesia pumps are not used to treat long term ...
Pfizer Inc PFE's Hospira unveiled the LifeCare PCA 7.0 Infusion System. According to the company, as the first patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) infusion pump to provide electronic medical record ...
Lancaster (Pa.) General Health integrated its Epic EHR system with its patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. Hospira’s LifeCare PCA 7.0 infusion system and Epic Systems powered the integration. PCA ...
One patient died and another recovered after two nurses accidentally misprogrammed Deltec CADD-Prizm PCS Pain Control System pumps (model 6101) used for patient ...
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