Safe infusion therapy requires ongoing attention to device performance, equipment care, management of secondary risks for both patients and clinicians, and management of clinical systems that support safe infusion therapy. Building on foundational concepts of infusion device safety, this session explores how organizations maintain safe and reliable infusion systems in real-world clinical practice. 

Participants will examine factors impacting equipment care, management of secondary risks (eg, infection prevention and hazardous drug exposure), administration set and accessory use, device troubleshooting and approaches when infusion-related problems arise. Emphasis will be placed on the understanding of how device, setup, workflow, and system factors can lead to unexpected medication safety events and how multidisciplinary stakeholders can work together to respond to these concerns. Building on a foundational understanding of the sources of infusion-related events, learners will apply these concepts to real-world infusion practice, examining how organizations maintain equipment reliability, manage secondary risks, respond to infusion-related events and translate identified vulnerabilities into safer infusion systems that improve patient safety. 

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this session, learners will be able to: 

• Describe practices that support safe, reliable infusion equipment performance and promote patient safety
• Implement evidence-based practices to support secondary risk management and safe infusion therapy
• Evaluate how administration-set design, clinical configuration, and infusion system characteristics influence medication delivery in complex clinical scenarios
• Apply a systems-based approach to investigating infusion-related events and translating findings into improvements in organizational policies, clinical workflows, and patient safety.

CRNI® RUs: This session has been approved for 2 CRNI® recertification units and meets the non INS Meeting criteria.

Contact Hours: This session has been approved for 1 contact hour

Expiration date for receipt of contact hours: November 18, 2029

To receive contact hours for this educational activity, you are required to attend the entire educational activity and complete the evaluation.

The Infusion Nurses Society is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider #CEP14209. The certificate must be retained by the attendee for a period of 4 years.