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Patient Safety and Elastomeric Pumps: Staff Education, Pharmacy Involvement, Varying Infusion Rates and Concentrations Among Chief Concerns
Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety, 09/18/09

Elastomeric pumps provide a slow and continuous infusion of local anesthetics (such as lidocaine, bupivacaine, or ropivacaine) directly to the surgical site, allowing for non–narcotic pain relief right where the patient experiences the most pain. One of the major safety issues involved with using the elastomeric pump is a lack of communication between the operating room (OR) staff and the pharmacy as well as between the OR staff and the health care workers on the medical–surgical floors taking care of patients postoperatively.

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