{"id":52137,"date":"2024-10-22T13:07:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=52137"},"modified":"2024-10-22T13:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:07:20","slug":"wearable-cameras-use-ai-to-detect-medication-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/wearable-cameras-use-ai-to-detect-medication-errors\/52137\/","title":{"rendered":"Wearable cameras use AI to detect medication errors"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a test published today, the wearable cameras recognised and identified\u00a0medication errors with high proficiency in busy clinical settings.<\/p>\n
The AI achieved 99.6% sensitivity and 98.8% specificity in detecting vial-swap errors.<\/p>\n
The system could become a critical safeguard, especially in operating rooms, intensive-care units and emergency medicine settings.<\/p>\n
Dr Kelly Michaelsen, assistant professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, explained: \u201cThe thought of being able to help patients in real-time or to prevent a medication error before it happens is very powerful.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a survey of more than 100 anaesthesia providers, the majority desired the system to be more than 95% accurate, which is a goal we achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n
Medication errors are the most frequently reported critical incidents in anaesthesia<\/a> and the most common cause of serious medical errors in intensive care.<\/p>\n In the bigger picture, an estimated 5-10% of all drugs given are associated with errors. Adverse events associated with injectable medications are estimated to affect 1.2 million patients annually at a cost of $5.1bn.<\/p>\n Syringe and vial-swap errors most often occur during intravenous injections, during which a clinician must transfer the medication from the vial to the\u00a0syringe and then to the patient. About 20% of mistakes are substitution errors in which the wrong vial is selected, or a syringe is mislabelled.<\/p>\n Another 20% of medication errors occur when the drug is labelled correctly but administered in error.<\/p>\n Safety measures, such as a barcode system that quickly reads and confirms a vial\u2019s contents, are in place to guard against such accidents.<\/p>\n However, practitioners might sometimes forget this check during high-stress situations because it is an extra step in their workflow.<\/p>\nWearable cameras issue warnings to prevent errors<\/h3>\n