TABLE 4.

Research team’s Assessment of Likely Preventability of Errors Identified in Infusions That Were Not Given Via a Smart Infusion Device

	Observed Errors	Reported Errors
Preventability Category*	No. errors
Not preventable	50 (32%)	59 (51%)
Preventable with any pump	21 (13%)	9 (8%)
Possibly preventable with a standalone smart infusion device depending on limits set in drug library	2 (1%)	35 (30%)
Possibly preventable with a smart infusion device integrated with an electronic prescribing and barcode administration system	80 (51%)	9 (8%)
Unable to assess	—	3 (3%)
Not applicable (blood products, or bolus)	4 (3%)	—
Total	157 (100%)	115 (100%)

*The categorization indicates the minimum level of functionality for preventability with a smart infusion device. For example, for errors classified as “preventable with any pump,” there would be no added value with the other technologies.