The Patient-Controlled Analgesia Checklist was assembled by the PPAHS and includes input from physicians at 13 healthcare organizations, including Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University, Cleveland Clinic, Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University, Stanford (Calif.) University and Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania.
The checklist includes items to consider upon pump initiation, refilling or programming change as well as items to consider during shift changes.
Download the tool for use in your facility.
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