Table 5:

Setting Up and Programming Multiple Primary Continuous IV Infusions: Experimental Conditions and Training

Experimental Condition	Description	Training Content
Baseline	No intervention (i.e., control)	No training required
One-at-a-time protocol	Each infusion was to be set up sequentially. In particular, participants had to complete the following for 1 infusion before starting to set up the nexta: hang IV container load IV tubing into the pump program infusion pump label IV components (if done in the baseline condition)	Training reviewed the one-at-a-time protocol and compared it to setting up and programming infusions in parallel. The trainer and participant completed a simulated hands-on one-at-a-time line change of 2 infusions attached to a multiport connector to promote protocol understanding. The training also stressed the importance of minimizing infusion down time by allowing the multiport connector to fill with all connected infusions
	Participants could complete the above steps in whatever sequence they desired for 1 infusion	Total training time was about 5 minutes

Abbreviation: IV, intravenous.

^aParticipants were allowed to complete the following (because there was no opportunity for mix-up errors, and this could minimize nuisance alarms and infusion waste):

• attach all infusions to the multiport connector at the same time
• start all infusions at the same time
• switch the old multiport connector for the new multiport connector with as many infusions attached as they chose