A free checklist to prevent patient harm from errors related to patient-controlled analgesia pumps is available from the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety. The PCA Safety Checklist ...

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety gave safety recommendations for patient-controlled analgesia pumps to manage pain, according to The Sacramento Bee. PCA pumps are used for patients ...

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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 ...

Transitioning chemotherapy administration from the inpatient setting: Creating bed capacity and improving the patient experience. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Quality Care Symposium.

Manufacturer-confirmed device malfunction was a major cause of reported ADEs with i.v. PCA infusion pumps while operator errors were more likely to be associated with more serious adverse outcomes ...

Purpose: This article systematically characterizes aspects of all Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) reports associated with i.v. patient-controlled ...