Determinants of Intravenous Infusion Longevity and Infusion Failure via a Nonlinear Model Analysis of Smart Pump Event Logs: Retrospective Study

Arash Kia   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   James Waterson   ^{2 *} , BA, MMedEd, MHEc ;   Norma Bargary   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Stuart Rolt   ^{3 *} , BA ;   Kevin Burke   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Jeremy Robertson   ^{4 *} , BSc, BEng ;   Samuel Garcia   ^{5 *} , BHSc ;   Alessio Benavoli   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   David Bergström   ⁷ , PhD

¹ Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

² Medical Affairs, Medication Management Solutions, Becton Dickinson, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

³ Medical Affairs, International Infusion Solutions, Becton Dickinson, Winnersh, United Kingdom

⁴ Systems Engineering, International Infusion Solutions, Becton Dickinson, Limerick, Ireland

⁵ Medical Affairs, Medication Management Solutions, Becton Dickinson, Seville, Spain

⁶ School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

⁷ Research and Development, Infusion Acute Care, Becton Dickinson, Limerick, Ireland

*these authors contributed equally