Evaluation of the serum and syringes injection pumps in the hospitals of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU) in 2015

Considering the widespread use of serum and syringe infusion pumps, known side effects of their performance and the lack of information about its status in the respective university hospitals and to evaluate the performance of these pumps. The study was carried out in 2015. Method of study was cross sectional. This survey was performed in 10 SBMU hospitals with ICU, CCU and NICU wards. Performance of serum injection pumps was evaluated with 14 indexes such as injection volume error, injection timing error, air sensors, alarms, completion of the injection, and battery status. The performance of syringe infusion pumps was evaluated with 12 indexes such as injection timing error, injection volume error, needle sensor, battery status, and alarms. Statistical analysis of data collected was done by SPSS18 software. 55 devices of serum infusion pump and 151 devices of syringe infusion pumps were evaluated.. Regarding the serum injection pumps the unacceptable performance of serum injection pump related to errors is such as: injection volume error 53.8%, internal battery failure 40%, injection time error 32.1%, and damage drop sensor 29.1%. In the case of poor performance syringe infusion pumps, injection volume error 58.2%, injection time error 45%, damage the internal battery 40.5% and failure alarms injection completed 17.6%. It seems that unacceptable performance serum and syringe infusion pumps have been high and a big concern. Insistently demands investigate the causes and the necessary measures to reduce the problem.