Smart Infusion Pumps: Implementation, Management, and Drug Libraries: Implementation, Management, and Drug Libraries

by Pamela K. Phelps PharmD, FASHP

Overview

There are no two ways about it: smart infusion pumps have transformed the dosage delivery system by reducing errors and improving patient care. However, clinicians and nurses are crucial in making critical decisions, monitoring the systems, and managing drug libraries.

It is vital that healthcare professionals have the most comprehensive expert guidance possible. ASHP's newly updated Smart Infusion Pumps: Implementation,Management, and Drug Libraries, Second Edition puts it all at your fingertips.

Written by Pamela K. Phelps, with contributions from 14 other experts, it is the core handbook for selecting, implementing, and operating this essential medical technology, covering every aspect of infusion pump management, including guidance for their growing use in patient home care.Updated and expanded, with practice tips, charts, checklists, scenarios, and more, the second edition details procedures that ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and patient safety.

As the essential guide for anybody who works with smart infusion pumps, you'll want to have one for each member of your team.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585285150
Publisher:	ASHP
Publication date:	04/27/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Pamela K. Phelps, PharmD, FASHP is Director of Pharmacy at Fairview Health Services. Dr. Phelps earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota.

She served as Vice Chair of the ASHP Council on Therapeutics, a member of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers, and the ASHP Advisory Council on the Pharmacy Forecast Strategic Planning publication. In the past, Dr. Phelps has served as a member of the ASHP Task Force on Accountable Care Organizations, a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) Foundations Medical Device Safety Council, the Chair of the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) Research and Education Committee, a member of the UHC Pharmacy Council Executive Committee, and President of the Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Her professional focus is to expand the clinical role of hospital pharmacists to meet the medication and learning needs of patients. Dr. Phelps received Fellowship recognition from ASHP in 2004. She has 26 national publications, including as editor of both editions of a book on smart pumps (2016), and 48 invited presentations. 

Read an Excerpt

“By following the recommendations contained within, patient care at your institution will be improved and medication errors will be reduced”
-          Stephen F. Eckel, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP
Assistant Director of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina Hospitals

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
 
Chapter 1: Justification for Smart Pump Technology
Pamela K. Phelps
 
Chapter 2: Choosing a Pump: Request for Proposal and Value Analysis
Pamela K. Phelps and Michelle L. Borchart, PharmD, BCPS,
 
Chapter 3: Human Factors Testing to Aid in the Selection of Intravenous Infusion Pumps
Kathleen A. Harder
 
Chapter 4: Setting Guiding Principles for Pump Implementation
Author: Pamela K. Phelps
 
Chapter 5: Building a General Drug Library
Pamela K. Phelps and Michelle L. Borchart, PharmD, BCPS
 
 
Chapter 6: Patient Controlled Analgesia
Viginia L. Ghafoor, PharmD 
 
Chapter 7: Building a Pediatric Drug Library
Melissa K. Carlson, PharmD, BCPS and Angela Skoglund, PharmD, BCPS
 
Chapter 8: Epidural and Intrathecal Drug Library       (NEW)
Stephen F. Eckel, MHA PharmD, BCPS and Andrew P. Stivers, PharmD  
 
Chapter 9: Oncology Drug Library (NEW)
Michelle L. Borchart, PharmD, BCPS and Kathleen Green 
 
Chapter 10: Home Infusion Pumps (NEW)
Amy K. Chard, BSN, RN, CRNI and Dana A. Simonson, PharmD, BCPS
 
Chapter 11: Education for Go-Live
Burnis D. Breland, MS, PharmD, FASHP
 
Chapter 12: Medication Compounding for Smart Pumps
Joseph B. Stanek, PharmD
 
Chapter 13: Updating the Drug Library and Implementing System Changes
Susan M. Kleppin, BSPharm, FASHP
 
Chapter 14: Role of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis in Pump Implementation (NEW)
Melissa M. Quinn, PharmD, BCPS and  Virginia L. Ghafoor, PharmD
 
Chapter 15: Validating Pumps for Accuracy and Functionality  (NEW)
Stephen F. Eckel, MHA, PharmD, BCPS and Andrew P. Stivers
 
Chapter 16: Monitoring Quality and Pump Utilization
Burnis D. Breland, MS, PharmD, FASHP
 
Chapter 17: Checklists for Go-Live and Updates
Pamela K. Phelps and Michelle L. Borchart, PharmD, BCPS
Appendix A—General Drug Library
Appendix B-Glossary
Index
 

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Anna Jackson, PharmD (Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital)
Description: This is complete review of the smart infusion pump implementation and management process, from preconception to implementation and postimplementation.
Purpose: The use of smart pumps is widely accepted as a means to reduce infusion pump risks, and this book takes readers through the process from purchase to implementation to managing smart pump technology. It is very thorough and has done the work that many institutions may not have the manpower to accomplish.
Audience: The book can be used by all healthcare practitioners involved in the smart pump implementation process including pharmacists, technicians, nurses, physicians, and administrative specialists.
Features: Chapters address the preimplementation process (justifying costs, choosing pumps), implementation process (building drug libraries, etc.) and postimplementation process (monitoring quality, updating drug libraries). The book has numerous helpful features, including formulas and worksheets to assist with the proposal and value analysis, extensive references for each of the chapters and concepts, and appendixes that include a comprehensive drug library for both adult and pediatric patients.
Assessment: This thorough review of the entire process for implementing smart pump technology is timely and useful for anyone practicing in a hospital. There are no other books like it. The references and appendixes are invaluable tools that many institutions can use.

Doody's Review Service