Friday, November 2, 2012

Internal Bug: Code Flaw May Lead to Wrong Dose From Infusion Pump

You have no clue what you're talking about. Patients get PISSED when they need to be stuck with needles more often than necessary. Especially when you go tell them it's because we don't know if that IV device actually works right.

People just love to be guinea pigs.

On top of who's paying for that? Health insurance companies sure as shit don't pay for device diagnostic tests. Nor does it cover the fact that every patient's different based upon their size, composition, metabolism, etc. All those factors play a big role in drug absorption and metabolism. There's no way to get an established set of values to determine a precise numeric value for infusion.

Not to mention, exactly what blood test are you going to use to test for a straight up saline drip?

Your statement is incredibly misinformed. You'd get better results just by standing next to the pump and listening to it to determine approximately how much it's infusing. Of course that requires one be experienced with the pumps to be able to gauge that by ear.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/85vumGnRZWk/internal-bug-code-flaw-may-lead-to-wrong-dose-from-infusion-pump

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