Implementation of Bar-Code Medication Administration to Reduce Patient Harm

Practice rePorts Bar-code-assisted medication administration

Pieter J. Helmons, PHarm.D., is Pharmacoeconomics Specialist, Department of Pharmacy, University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center, San Diego; at the time of this study he was a Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla. linDsay n. Wargel, PHarm.D., is Clinical Pharmacist, UCSD Medical Center; at the time of this study she was Postgrad...

The cost of implementing inpatient bar code medication administration.

OBJECTIVES To calculate the costs associated with implementing and operating an inpatient bar-code medication administration (BCMA) system in the community hospital setting and to estimate the cost per harmful error prevented. STUDY DESIGN This is a retrospective, observational study. Costs were calculated from the hospital perspective and a cost-consequence analysis was performed to estimate...

ASHP Statement on bar-code-enabled medication administration technology.

Arash T. Dabestani, Pharm.D., M.H.A., and Alicia B. Perry, Pharm.D., are gratefully acknowledged for drafting versions of this statement. The ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Advisory Group on Automation and Documentation is also gratefully acknowledged for reviewing drafts and providing advice on the development of this statement. ASHP also gratefully acknowledges the follow...

Implementation Planning for a Medication Bar Code System

The Canadian Pharmaceutical Bar Coding Project was a multi-year, multi-stakeholder national initiative designed to establish a pan-Canadian approach to automated identification of medications along the entire supply chain and medication-use system, from pharmaceutical manufacturers to the patient’s bedside. The project was co-led by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canad...

Medication Bar Code System Implementation Planning - Document Precis