1. Sixty-five percent of respondents said continuous electronic patient monitoring for patient-controlled analgesia had “positive results,” including less adverse events and reduced costs.
2. About 80 percent of hospitals use smart pumps for all patients.
3. Ninety-five percent of hospitals are concerned about alarm fatigue, and 34 percent see alarm fatigue as a deterrent from implementing use of patient monitoring devices.
4. Only one in ten hospitals perform one or less “double check” PCA pump settings.
5. One out of five hospitals do not assess patients for being “opioid naïve” as a risk factor.
6. Three out of ten hospitals do not consider obesity as a risk factor for PCA.
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