MEDICATION DISPENSING ERRORS IN URBAN PHARMACIES: IMPLEMENTING BAR CODE TECHNOLOGY
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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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Healthmedica
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2414-6528
DOI: 10.19082/ah122