Accupedia orders ACCUrate PEDIAtric drips based upon standardized concentrations and fluid load.
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A recent USP MedMARx report states that nearly 50% of reported medication errors in NICU and PICU are due to prescribing and transcribing. A recent study at the University of Maryland Medical Center suggests the technology of Accupedia can eliminate incomplete and inaccurate orders -- contributors to prescribing and transcribing errors.
Accupedia solves challenges of integrating standardized concentrations while adding additional safeguards to protect your patients. One-button optimization of complicated drip order sets minimizes fluids and maximizes dose based on preset algorithms developed by the University of Maryland. A comprehensive, clear order sheet is produced for each drip - including patient specific titration charts.
- Improves medication safety in PICU/NICU
- Eliminates incomplete, erroneous and illegible orders
- Facilitates speedier, yet well-informed ordering decisions
- Integrates standardized concentrations into order workflow
- Optimizes drip orders for fluid load
- Facilitates compliance with Joint Commission recommendations
- Eliminates need for the "rule of six"
- Simplifies historical auditing of concentration changes
- Simplifies nursing job of titrating drips
- More information at the time of prescribing: overall fluid status, standardized drip concentration list and safety-driven decision support... all on one screen.
- Fast and easy to use and to learn
- Fully customizable
- ADT patient interface
- Patent pending technology developed at the University of Maryland
- Drip orders driven by customizable "encyclopedia" of standardized concentrations
- Customizable, pre-set concentration sets by drug, diluent and service area
- Speedy, yet accurate, drip order set creation
- Real time feedback of fluid load as order set is created
- Easy to read, ready-to-print order form produced
- Automatic generation of titration list for each drip
- Double-sign off on concentration alterations
- Safety-driven decision support around concentrations, fluid and dosing
- Hard and soft stop alerts with optional override settings
- Full audit history of changes and drip orders
- Full service set-up and ongoing support
RELATED INFORMATION:
- 07/09 - Free Webinar: "Pediatric Medication Safety Across the Continuum of Care"
View on-demand webinar or download the slides. - Joint Commission standards addressed by Accupedia
- Drug Topics: This tool helps you standardize infusions
- Evaluating the Safety and Efficiency of a CPOE System for Continuous Medication Infusions in a Pediatric ICU
- Improving the Safety of Pediatric Continuous Infusions
TESTIMONIALS:
"We found that 40.5% of our handwritten rule-of-six orders were missing important elements such as the patient's weight, dose and rate, and 6.5% contained calculation errors. The computerized orders were error-free, complete and legible."
- Elora Hilmas, Pharm.D., formerly of the University of Maryland
"Accupedia has provided a platform for us to standardize our drip
concentrations without a significant learning curve for our physicians."
- Steven G. Janke, PharmD, IT Support Pharmacist, Bronson Methodist
Hospital
"We had to come up with a better alternative for rule of six and
compliance with JCAHO. Accupedia has definitely helped us solve this
problem and it is easy to use."
- Nilesh Desai, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Hackensack University
Medical Center
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