OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of an SC implanted osmotic pump (OP) for fentanyl administration in cats and to compare serum concentrations of fentanyl delivered via an OP and a transdermal patch (TP). Animals-8 spayed female cats. PROCEDURES In a crossover design, cats received fentanyl at 25 microg/h via a TP or an OP. All cats were anesthetized for the pump or patch placement (0 hou...

Cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) use has increased exponentially during the past decade,1–3 with 4.5 million active devices and 1 million new leads implanted annually.4,5 With expanded CIED use and indications for device therapy, observed complications have increased in parallel.6–14 The occurrence of more frequent device system revisions for complications,6–8 system upgrades...

Poster Presented at the ISPOR 5th Latin America Conference 6 -8 September 2015 Santiago, Chile ©Copyright 2015 Evidências Credibilidade Científica, A Kantar Health Company Alameda Lorena, 131, Conj. 115 e 117, Jardim Paulista São Paulo, SP 01424-001 Brazil + 55-11-3884-0942 www.evidencias.com.br www.kantarhealth.com Table 1. Incremental Cost of Pump Infusion Sets in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

UNLABELLED Syringe pumps are commonly used to administer therapeutic (131)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine. Here we describe our recent experience with a peristaltic infusion pump system in a pediatric setting. This method can easily accommodate infusions from several vials simultaneously and is adaptable to various types of peristaltic pump. METHODS Simple off-the-shelf components are used to vent ...

BACKGROUND Many hyperbaric facilities use infusion pumps inside the chamber. It is therefore important to ensure that this equipment will perform accurately during hyperbaric conditions. The authors tested the function and accuracy of the Imed 965 and Infutec 520 volumetric infusion pumps, the Easy-pump MZ-257 peristaltic infusion pump, and the Graseby 3100 syringe pump. METHODS The authors c...

Smart Infusion Pumps are vital tools for use in administering a broad range of parenteral/intravenous medications. Safe and effective use of smart infusion pumps depends upon their integration with Pump Servers, Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems, Pharmacy Information Systems, DERS/MERS – Dose/Medication Error Reduction Systems( and the digital Drug Libraries that they use), eMARS – ele...

A human factors evaluation was conducted to inform hospital procurement decision-making in selecting a general-purpose infusion pump to be used hospital-wide. Three infusion pumps from different vendors were involved in the evaluation, which consisted of two phases: a human factors heuristic assessment of the pumps according to several criteria, and user testing in five clinical areas. The clin...

There is overwhelming evidence that medication errors present a risk to patients. This risk is highest in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting and even greater when medications are administered via an infusion pump. Standard pumps will not alert for, or prevent, drug calculation, drug unit, button push, or multiple of ten errors when medication delivery data is inputted. However, the literatur...