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Infusion Therapy
Infusion therapy plays an important role in patient care. B. Braun offers a holistic infusion therapy concept which combines high-quality products with intelligent technologies and services. Our goal is to make even the most complex therapies simpler, smarter and safer.
Designed to protect against blood exposure and needlestick injuries. Introcan Safety® 3 combines innovative features to protect patients and clinicians.
Errors in providing chemotherapy to patients can have fatal consequences, given the toxicity of the drugs. Know the risks and the preventive strategies for best possible patient care.
Medication errors in chemotherapy
> 0k
deaths per year are due to medication error in the US1
Underdosing is an often overlooked and underestimated type of medication error resulting from dead or residual volume. However, there are ways that help to avoid the decreased treatment responses it can cause.
How to reduce underdosing
Up to
0%
of antibiotic infusions are underdosed2
Hospital pharmacies prepare drugs using manual and automated compounding processes. Which of the two is suitable depends on their advantages and limitations. Risk and productivity investigations are essential.
Young patients certainly belong to one of the most challenging patient groups. Learn more about handling the high risk of error caused by their special anatomy, minimum tolerance ranges, and less patient compliance.
Care for pediatric & neonatal patients
[1] Makary, M. A., Daniel M. Medical error–the third leading cause of death in the U.S. BMJ 2016; 353.
[2] https://www.england.nhs.uk/signuptosafety/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2015/11/su2s-infusing-iv-antibiotics-webinar.pdf. Last access 22.2.22.
