Table 26:

Setting Up Secondary Intermittent IV Infusions: Experimental Conditions and Training

Experimental Condition	Description	Training Content
Baseline	No intervention (i.e., control)	No training required
Smart pump with clamp detector	Participants were asked to set up 2 secondary intermittent IV infusions on a smart pump with a clamp detector (Figure 20)	Hands-on training on the clamp detector was provided as part of training on the basic functionality of the smart pump (about 10 minutes), including how to set up a secondary IV infusion. Participants had to respond to a clamp detector alarm as part of the training
Separate pump	Participants were asked to set up 2 intermittent infusions as primary infusions on a separate large-volume pump (empty pump provided) and connect them to the emergency medication line at the lowest injection port below the pump (Figure 21Ⓑ)	Hands-on training on this intervention (about 5 minutes) stressed the following 3 new considerations when an intermittent infusion is administered on a separate pump: the infusion in the emergency medication line should be manually titrated down or paused (it is not automatically paused) the residual intermittent medication in the primary IV tubing must be flushed after infusion completion to ensure the complete dose is administered an alarm will sound upon completion of the primary intermittent infusion
Education module	Participants were asked to complete the 2 secondary infusion tasks after watching an education module	Participants viewed the 10-minute module once (they were not allowed to repeat the module). The module was shown together with the dead volume module (Theme 3: Managing Dead Volume); 20 participants saw the secondary IV infusion education module first, and 20 participants saw it after the dead volume module

Abbreviation: IV, intravenous.