fter the COVID-19 crisis, many hospitals – both private and public – are seeking ways to streamline their provision of healthcare to minimise waiting times and reduce disruption. As we move away from lockdown and into the next phase of the pandemic, it is vital that the NHS can get elective care operations back up and running to prevent unnecessary deaths and significant financial losses.
Currently, patient safety incidents cost the NHS an estimated £2 billion a year in extra bed days. In addition, hospital-acquired infections add a further £1 billion to these costs. So, what measures can healthcare providers like the NHS take to reduce such incidents?
One example would be to facilitate the widespread use of smart pumps. Unlike regular infusion pumps, smart pumps are embedded with software aimed at reducing drug dosing errors through the presence and use of something known as a ‘drug library’
在發生COVID-19危機之後，許多私立和公立醫院都在尋求簡化醫療服務的方式，以最大程度地減少等待時間並減少干擾。隨著我們擺脫封鎖，進入大流行的下一階段，至關重要的是，NHS可以恢復和運行選擇性護理業務，以防止不必要的死亡和重大的經濟損失。
目前，患者安全事件每年在加床天數上估計使NHS每年損失20億英鎊。此外，醫院獲得性感染又使這些費用增加了10億英鎊。那麼，像NHS這樣的醫療保健提供者可以採取哪些措施來減少此類事件？一個例子是促進智能泵的廣泛使用。與常規輸液泵不同，智能泵中嵌入了旨在通過存在和使用稱為“藥品庫”的東西來減少藥品劑量錯誤的軟件。
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