Medication safety devices and methods

A medication safety system configured to operate an infusion pump in accordance with a dynamically updated drug library, the medication safety system comprising:

• at least one data gathering infusion pump adapted to controllably force fluid outwardly therefrom to a patient;
• and
• an aggregating server operably coupled to the at least one infusion pump, the aggregating server comprising a processor and memory and configured to:
• receive a drug list, the drug list including a plurality of listed drug names, one or more delivery concentrations for each of the listed drugs, and one or more dose rates for each of the listed drugs,
• receive operational data from the at least one data gathering infusion pump, the operational data including information related to an actual infusion by the at least one data gathering infusion pump of at least one of the plurality of listed drugs, and
• integrate the drug list and the operational data to create a drug library;
• automatically updating the drug library with revised upper and lower soft limits to establish a compliance target value to ensure that at least 98% of the received operational data falls within the determined revised upper and lower soft limits as an aid in promoting compliance with desired patient safety practices;
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• provide feedback to the at least one data gathering infusion pump by uploading the drug library including the revised upper and lower soft limits to the at least one data gathering infusion pump for implementation.

A method of transitioning a data gathering infusion pump, the method comprising:

• operating the data gathering infusion pump in a rate-volume-run mode;
• operating the data gathering infusion pump in a data-gathering mode to gather operational data including information related to an actual infusion by the data gathering infusion pump;
• integrating the gathered operational data with a drug list to create a drug library;
• automatically updating the drug library with revised upper and lower soft limits to establish a compliance target value to ensure that at least 98% of the received operational data falls within the revised upper and lower soft limits;
• providing feedback to the data gathering infusion pump by uploading the drug library including the revised upper and lower soft limits integrated operational data from the data gathering infusion pump to the data gathering infusion pump;
• and
• operating the data gathering infusion pump in accordance with the drug library.