Every day many patients receive their fluids or medications through IV drip. However, it is much more than a common task. Although seems to be an uneventful procedure, even experienced health-care professionals may make errors while administering. Studies have revealed that traditional and routinely performed manual IV compounding has an average error rate of 9%.
These errors can occur during compounding or during administration resulting in serious adverse drug events such as thrombus formation, severe hypersensitivity, reaction, and infections which may lead to morbidity or mortality. Even the most experienced, expert or conscious health professional can make this error. With the advent of "smart" infusion pumps this error frequency is reduced but the health-care industry still finds it challenging to make IV compounding absolutely error-free. Sources Of IV Compounding Errors A…
