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Syringe pumps and start-up time: ensuring safe practice

10 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Arts & Science

The start-up time is the delay between starting an infusion pump and the delivery of fluid at the set flow rate. Mechanical slack in syringe pumps can lead to...

Infusion devices: risks, functions and management

15 March 2000

Nursing Standard

CPD

The use of infusion devices to administer intravenous solutions and drugs is common practice throughout a variety of healthcare settings. The risks associated with...

Electronic monitoring of patients in general wards

18 August 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

If set up by appropriately trained staff, electronic patient monitoring can aid patient care in general ward areas. However, this article argues that if poorly set...

Telemedicine in educational settings

16 July 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

The use of telemedicine to enhance patient care is well documented in the literature (Currell et al 2001); however, its use in educational settings requires further...

CCTV and night-time observations

01 July 2004

Mental Health Practice

Ethics

The practice of observing patients in inpatient units remains a contentious and widely discussed issue. It is, perhaps, therefore surprising that technology has not,...

Clinical decision support tools in A&E nursing: a preliminary study

10 May 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim This article describes how a large trust in the north east of England is in the process of developing a unique service for non-emergency patients in one of its...

Learning from adverse incidents involving medical devices

02 April 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

While an adverse event involving a medical device is often ascribed to either user error or device failure, the causes are typically multifactorial. A number of...

The technology-dependent child at home Part 2: The need for respite

01 October 2001

Paediatric Nursing

General

The families of technology-dependent children mention several areas requiring professional support. These include better co-ordination of care with the development...

Volumetric infusion pumps: The challenge of change

01 February 2002

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

A dramatic rise in the use of technology has revolutionised the ways in which we care for patients. One of the areas in which the use of technology is most evident...

The technology-dependent child at home Part 1: In whose best interest?

01 September 2001

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Advances in both medical technology and health care have improved the outcome for many children with congenital abnormalities, chronic illness and injury related...

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