Reduce Drug Error. Save Lives.
Medical error now is the third leading cause of death in the USA1 and a significant killer in the Australia and New Zealand. As hospitals becoming busier maintaining safe medication procedures becomes harder. Nearly 75% of medication errors have been attributed to distractions2 , with numerous other studies indicating increasing error rates from the pharmacy3 to the patient with higher workloads.
In 2017, the ECRI Institute declared intravenous medication errors to be the number one threat to patient safety in the USA.
Intravenous medication is associated with the greatest risk of medication error.4 They can be technically complex to prepare and administer5 and when they are administered in error, the negative effects of these preparations are more difficult to mitigate due to the immediate and complete absorption and distribution into the blood stream.