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Infusion Technology

INFUSION PUMP PLATFORMS

Our innovative infusion systems meet the varied needs of different markets and healthcare facilities, but all share Baxter’s industry-leading drug library compliance, unmatched ease of use, and forward-looking integration and efficiencies.

INFUSION PUMP PLATFORMS
  • Novum IQ Infusion Platform

    The Novum IQ platform redefines the future of infusion delivery with one of the safest infusion administration experiences today, while continuing to advance features and functionality to meet customers’ needs tomorrow.

  • Spectrum IQ Infusion System

    Surrounding the infusion process with effortless safety, the Spectrum IQ system is engineered with user-friendly intelligence that enhances meaningful outcomes and elevates expectations for the medication administration process.

CLINICAL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

The advanced clinical software solutions integrated with Baxter’s smart pump platforms are a critical component of our ability to deliver the elevated safety and enhanced user experience our customers expect from our infusion products.

CLINICAL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
  • IQ Enterprise Connectivity Suite

    The Baxter IQ Enterprise Connectivity Suite helps drive timely clinical interventions by connecting your EMR, smart infusion platforms and other hospital information systems to deliver near real-time infusion data.

  • Dose IQ Safety Software

    With the most advanced technologies available today and a commitment to continued evolution into the future, Dose IQ Safety Software empowers clinicians to define infusion drug libraries with confidence and help protect infusions against patient harm.

Dose IQ Safety Software

DEFINE DRUG LIBRARIES WITH CONFIDENCE AND HELP PROTECT MORE INFUSIONS

With the most advanced technologies available today and a commitment to continued evolution into the future, only Baxter’s proprietary Dose IQ Safety Software delivers web-based drug library access, titration error prevention, enteral infusion color coding and more to empower clinicians.

A tablet being held by a pharmacist that is showing data.

ONE-OF-A-KIND WEB-BASED ACCESSIBILITY

Your infusion safety software is too important to be limited to one computer access point. Only Dose IQ Safety Software offers web-based accessibility to remove the limitations of traditional drug library software implementation.

  • No reliance on outdated distribution models or the need to download software on a single computer
  • Centralized access to drug library files ensures pumps always have the latest drug library
  • With a one-time installation, Dose IQ software is accessible from anywhere on your hospital network, with the flexibility to scale as your hospital system and technology evolve
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CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY OF A CENTRALIZED DRUG LIBRARY PLATFORM

Dose IQ software is the only web-based drug library software to work across Large Volume and Syringe pump, Drug and Enteral infusions. For Baxter infusion platforms offering enteral administration, only Dose IQ software ensures enteral drugs are added to an Enteral Care Area with compatible enteral syringes, and supports color-coding the syringe pump screen.

A tablet with a keyboard attached. A pharmacist builds a drug library on the screen of the tablet.

BUILD THE MOST SECURE AND EFFECTIVE DRUG LIBRARY POSSIBLE

Even a single percentage point increase in drug library compliance rate significantly reduces the number of unprotected infusions and associated adverse drug events.1 At every step, Dose IQ software helps you build the most secure and effective drug library possible.

  • Easy-to-use interface provides step-by-step workflows, prompting you to the right screen at the right time
  • Standardized drug library creation in partnership with FDB Infusion Knowledge Base
  • Efficient drug library updates delivered wirelessly to the pump fleet via Baxter’s IQ Enterprise Connectivity Suite

Only Baxter infusion platforms with Dose IQ Safety Software deliver 97% compliance within one month of implementation, compared with the 84% industry average2,3

13%

Baxter infusion platforms deliver drug library compliance that is 13 percentage points higher than the industry average2,3

$264K

Increasing drug library compliance by just 1 percentage point could save up to $264K CAD per year*4

$3.4M

Up to $3.4M CAD per year can potentially be saved in your hospital with Baxter’s leading drug library compliance rate2,3,4

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ADVANCED PROTECTION FOR EVERY INFUSION

Dose IQ Safety Software offers the most advanced protection for every infusion – from your tiniest patients to your most critical.

  • Only Dose IQ Safety Software includes configuration of Titration Error Prevention technology, designed to intercept dose changes that could be inaccurate and potentially harmful
  • Upper and lower limits applied to all drugs, including single-step dose changes and identifiers for high-risk medications

Only Baxter infusion platforms, powered by Dose IQ Safety Software, are designed to intercept titration errors even when they fall within upper- and lower-dose limits.5

80%

About 80% of all deaths from medication errors are caused by some 20 high-alert drugs6

90%

90% of pump programming events on high-risk infusions are dose or rate changes7

15X

High-alert medications may be titrated (i.e., changed during an active infusion) up to 15 times during an infusion

* Based on 2018 KPI analysis of 87 Spectrum accounts: identified programming errors divided by average drug library compliance times average cost of an ADE. 

For safe and proper use of the products mentioned herein, please refer to the appropriate Operator's Manual or Instructions for Use.

Baxter, Dose IQ, IQ Enterprise, Novum IQ and Spectrum IQ are trademarks of Baxter International Inc. or its subsidiaries.