With today's current focus on patient safety and medication administration, the ISMP and JCAHO have identified several consistently problematic areas for PCA use: PCA has been used successfully with ...

The Physician-Patient Alliance for Health and Safety gave safety recommendations for patient-controlled analgesia pumps to manage pain, according to The Sacramento Bee. PCA pumps are used for patients ...

The FDA has alerted healthcare providers not to use Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) Monoject syringes with syringe pumps and patient-controlled analgesia, or PCA, pumps until it further evaluates reports ...

A free checklist to prevent patient harm from errors related to patient-controlled analgesia pumps is available from the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety. The PCA Safety Checklist ...