December 11, 2025- Baxter International Inc. announced data in collaboration with The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB Health) demonstrating the positive impact of smart infusion pump integration with hospital electronic medical records (EMRs) on patient safety, clinicians’ bedside productivity and programming compliance. The analyses of more than one million infusions on Baxter’s Spectrum IQ large volume infusion pumps (LVP) at UTMB were presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 2025 Midyear Clinical Meeting, held Dec. 7 – Dec. 10, 2025.
Intravenous (IV) medication errors remain a common yet often preventable cause of patient harm. Smart infusion pump capabilities like auto-programming, which is enabled through EMR integration, and dose-error reduction systems (DERS), which help prevent medication errors by checking programmed doses against preset drug-specific soft and hard limits, help support safer medication administration and offer the opportunity to help minimize manual tasks and reduce cognitive burden for nurses at the bedside.