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A portion of infusion pump tubing designed to prevent inadvertent fluid flow to the patient most times when tubing is released from the pump.
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A pop up that is tied to a specific med that can be programmed in the drug library to alert clinicians of particular information pertaining to that medication.
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A firm that creates and maintains widely used drug database products, software for drug database integration, and drug reference products. The firm has partnered with other developers of drug information systems to make drug data useful for a wide range of drug delivery system users.
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An award given by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), an affiliate of the American Nurses Association, to hospitals that satisfy a set of criteria designed to measure the strength and quality of their nursing. This designation is also said to indicate nursing involvement in data collection and decision-making in patient care delivery.
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A one time dose given at the start of an infusion.
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File which contains drug dosing, and care area parameter which can be used to reduce the likelihood of dosing errors in healthcare facilities.
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A limitation of rate or dosing set in the drug library that may be overridden by the clinician if necessary during the programming of the infusion pump.
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A limitation of rate or dosing set in the drug library development that may not be overridden by the clinician.
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A notification sent from the pump to the clinician to draw some attention to any detail. Eg. programming above or below the soft limits programmed in the drug library.
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An audible tone that occurs on the infusion pump signaling an interruption in the current infusion.
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A quantity of fluid or medication given intravenously at a controlled, rapid rate.
