Smart Pumps Are Designed for Safe Administration of High-Hazard Drugs

Multiple Choice

Smart pumps are designed for safe administration of high-hazard drugs and to reduce adverse drug events during intravenous medication administration. What happens when a hard alarm is generated by a smart pump?

A) A licensed clinician or a pharmacist can override a hard alarm and administer the drug as programmed.
B) The pump must be reprogrammed so that the rate and dose for administration of the high-hazard intravenous drug falls within the facility's safe infusion parameters.
C) The nurse must call the physician for a verbal order to turn off the smart pump technology and administer the drug as ordered.
D) Members of the biomedical engineering department can reprogram the pump to avoid these nuisance alarms.