After striking a pact to bolster intravenous solution supplies in the U.S. last year, California's ICU Medical has run into a snag during production of one such critical hospital drug. ICU Medical ...

To identify potential risk situations in our ICU, we chose to analyze all incompatibilities that could potentially occur. We defined all drug combinations given to a representative patient ...

Advances in technology, the evolution of patient- and-family centered care, and infection control challenges—evidenced during the COVID-19 pandemic—highlight the possibilities and challenges of ...

These devices have become indispensable in critical care settings such as intensive ... contributed to the demand for intravenous infusion pumps. Patients suffering from these diseases often ...

Insulin pumps and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps are increasingly used by children and adolescents. Although these devices offer effective control of blood glucose level and pain ...

Purpose: The frequency of drug administration errors and incompatibilities between intravenous ... intensive care unit (ICU) is discussed. Methods: Critically ill adult patients with intoxications ...