Method and apparatus to prevent medication error in a networked infusion system

摘要

Systems and methods for preventing delivery of a non-therapeutic dose of medication to a patient and/or preventing medications from being administered that would cause documented allergic or drug sensitivity reactions to the patient are disclosed. The networked medication delivery system 20 includes an infusion device 22 programmable by the user with instructions for administering the medication, and a computing device 26 for determining whether the programmed data would yield a clinically acceptable dose or whether the medication is in the list of documented medication that would cause an allergic or drug sensitivity reaction to the patient. The system may also include at least one monitor for displaying at least a portion of the programmed data, and an alerting device 28 for notifying medical personnel when the inputted dosage data are determined to yield a clinically unacceptable dose or when the medication is in the list of documented medications that would cause an allergic or drug sensitivity to the patient. The infusion device may be configured to become deactivated to prevent delivery of the medication when the dose is outside the therapeutic range or to prevent delivery of medication of documented allergic or drug sensitivity to a patient. Also included is a database 2) that may be remotely situated from the system 20 and accessed via a network 30.