TY - JOUR AU - Brose, Joel AU - Ibey, Andrew PY - 2021/05/11 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Quality Improvement Project: IV Pump Corrective Repairs JF - CMBES Proceedings JA - CMBES Proc. VL - 44 IS - SE - Clinical Engineering DO - UR - https://proceedings.cmbes.ca/index.php/proceedings/article/view/959 SP - AB - <p>The Ottawa Hospital is a tertiary academic teaching hospital comprised of three campuses and 1200+ care beds. The hospital has 1860+ Baxter Sigma Spectrum large volume infusion devices in service. Data analysis of the large fleet revealed approximately 2,100 of corrective repair hours (1.86 FTE) per year at a cost of approximately $200,000 per year in repairs. Corrective repair details also converged upon 3 failure types: AC Adapter, Battery, and Pump. We propose a few small quality improvement initiatives focused on the 3 failure types to reduce the number of corrective repairs and provide greater pump reliability and patient safety.</p> ER -