Eye-Tracking Technology Helps Researchers See IV Pump Safety Through Student Nurses’ Eyes

Monday, June 29, 2026

UMass Amherst study offers new evidence that device design plays a critical role in preventing medical errors

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are using eye-tracking technology to help understand how nurses interact with intravenous smart pumps, providing a new way to identify design flaws in systems associated with more medication errors than any other route of administration.

 

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