Implementation of Bar-Code Medication Administration to Reduce Patient Harm.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of implementing bar-code medication administration (BCMA) technology on the rate of medication administration errors in the inpatient setting, specifically those that affect the patient and result in harm.

Patients and methods

Implementation of the new technology began in September 2008 in a staged rollout of 4 or 5 units at a time in 11 separate waves. All corresponding medication administrations and voluntarily reported medication-related adverse events from March 1, 2007, through September 30, 2013, were included for analyses. Adherence to the use of BCMA technology and the number of adverse events were tracked and compared across the preimplementation period through follow-up. Actual errors, not potential errors, were included in the analys

SUBMITTER: Thompson KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6257885 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature