Effect of Bar-Code Technology on the Safety of Medication Administration¶
Poon. (2010). Effect of Bar-Code Technology on the Safety of Medication Administration. New England Journal of Medicine.
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- Poon and colleagues (New England Journal of Medicine, 2010) studied a hospital that introduced barcode-assisted dispensing and bedside scanning, in which a nurse scans the patient's wristband and the drug package and the system flags any mismatch of drug, dose, or patient before administration
This sourceA 41.4% relative reduction in non-timing administration errors and a 50.8% reduction in potential adverse drug events on units using bar-code verification.
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- Poon and colleagues (New England Journal of Medicine, 2010) studied a hospital that introduced barcode-assisted dispensing and bedside scanning, in which a nurse scans the patient's wristband and the drug package and the system flags any mismatch of drug, dose, or patient before administration
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