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 following organizations and individuals for reviewing drafts of this statement (review does not imply endorsement): Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP); American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN); American Nurses Association (ANA); Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS); Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP); National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP); South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SCSHP); South Dakota Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SDSHP); Martin H. Abramson, M.S., FASHP; David B. Archer, B.S.Pharm.; Dean A. Bennett, B.S.Pharm.; Richard P. Bernardi, M.H.A.; Anne M. Bobb, B.S.Pharm.; Mark N. Brueckl, B.S.Pharm., M.B.A. (AMCP); David Chen, B.S.Pharm., M.B.A.; William W. Churchill, M.S.; Frederick E. Coleman III, M.B.A., FASHP; Jan Denecker; Edward Dzwill, B.S.Engr., M.B.A., CPP; Jeanne R. Ezell, M.S.; David C. Gammon, B.S.Pharm.; Bernard J. (Joe) Guglielmo, Jr., Pharm.D.; Christopher G. Harris, Pharm.D.; Jane S. Henry, M.B.A., FASHP; Eric T. Hola, M.S.; Edward M. Jai, Pharm.D.; Tom Kaye, M.B.A., FASHP; Bonnie E. Kirschenbaum, M.S., FASHP; Richard Kriozere; Randy L. Kuiper, Pharm.D.; Jason Kulaga, RN, B.S.N.; Geoffrey C. Lawton, M.B.A., M.H.A.; Matthew Levanda, B.S.Pharm., M.B.A.; Stuart Levine, Pharm.D. (ISMP); Hetty A. Lima, B.S.Pharm., FASHP; Jeff Little, Pharm.D.; William A. Lockwood, Jr.; Michael McGregory, Pharm.D., BCPS; Barbara Medling, RN, B.S.N., CNOR, RN-BC; Gerald E. Meyer, Pharm.D., M.B.A., FASHP; John F. Mitchell, Pharm.D., FASHP; Anne E. Morstad, Pharm.D., BCPP (SDSHP); Bob Moscoe, Pharm.D.; Charles E. Myers, M.S., M.B.A.; Mark Neuenschwander, B.Sc.; Natasha Nicol, Pharm.D. (SCSHP); Agatha Nolen, M.S., D.Ph., FASHP; Rebecca M. Patton, M.S.N., RN, CNOR (ANA); John C. Poikonen, Pharm.D.; Charles D. Ponte, Pharm.D., BC-ADM, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, FASHP, FCCP; Carol Rollins, Pharm.D., BCNSP; Steve Rough, M.S.; Cathy L. Sasser, B.S.Pharm.; Michael D. Schlesselman, Pharm.D., FASHP; Paul M. Seelinger, B.S.Pharm.; Todd Semla, M.S., Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP, AGSF; Joyce Sensmeier, M.S., RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS (HIMSS); Gregory K. Shaeffer, M.B.A., FASHP; Pamela Shellner, RN, M.A. (AACN); Mohammad Siddiqui, Pharm.D.; Almeda D. Simpson, B.S.Pharm., FASCP; Peter Spiro, M.D., FCCP; Lee Ann Stember, B.S. (NCPDP); Linda J. Stierle, M.S.N., RN, CNAA, BC (ANA); Dennis C. Taylor, M.B.A.; Gayle E. Thomas, Pharm.D.; Dennis Tribble, Pharm.D.; Robbie G. Trussell, B.S.Pharm., FASHP, FHIMSS; Pete A. Van Aarle, B.S.Pharm.; Rayburn V. Vrabel, Pharm.D.; Jody Jacobson Wedret, B.S.,Pharm., FASHP, FCSHP; and Barbara White, CPhT. Supersedes ASHP policy position 0308. The bibliographic citation for this document is as follows: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. ASHP statement on bar-code-enabled medication administration technology. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2009; 66:588-90.