Medication Dispensing Errors and Potential Adverse Drug Events before and after Implementing Bar Code Technology in the Pharmacy
- 19 September 2006
- journal article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 145 (6) , 426-434
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-145-6-200609190-00006
Abstract
The authors measured the results of using bar code technology to identify drugs in a hospital pharmacy. Compared with the preimplementation period, dispensing errors and potential adverse drug even... Background: Many dispensing errors made in hospital pharmacies can harm patients. Some hospitals are investing in bar code technology to reduce these errors, but data about its efficacy are limited...Keywords
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