PCD PIV Change Proposals
This page logs Change Proposals for the PCD Point-of-Care Infusion Verification profile.
Proposals in the 2008-9 Cycle
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Edit suggestion: In the Glossary: Safety Infusion System (Smart Pump System): infusion devices designed to reduce the error rates associated with infusions through the use of one or more of the following “smart” features: • Ability to check programmed doses against pre-configured limits in an onboard drug library • Ability to read infusion parameters from RFID tags or barcodes • Ability to send and receive infusion parameters via a wired or wireless network • Ability to communicate through a server or gateway The last item, alone, is not an indicator that it is a smart pump. -- Manny Furst; Improvement Technologies, LLC; efurst@imp-tech.com; October 12, 2008