Becker's Hospital Review

Patient Safety Tool: Checklist for Analgesia Pump Safety

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 ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Patient Safety Alliances Urges Hospitals to Address PCA Pump Safety

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety is urging healthcare providers to boost electronic monitoring, including the use of both capnography and pulse oximetry, of all patients using ...
Medindia

Four Patient Safety Questions to Ask When Using Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) Pumps

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety (PPAHS), an advocacy group devoted to improving patient health and safety, in a recent interview discussed ...
Medscape

Beware of Basal Opioid Infusions With PCA Therapy

A 63-year-old, 109 kg, opioid-naïve patient was admitted to a hospital with fractures sustained in a fall. She was given two doses of morphine 4 mg and one dose of HYDROmorphone 1 mg in the emergency ...
Becker's ASC

Patient Safety Tool: Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pump Safety Checklist

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety offers a free checklist to prevent errors related to patient-controlled analgesia pumps that harm patients. The PCA Safety Checklist focuses on the ...