Internal data collection suggested that approximately 60% of medications were without a bar code. [2] Therefore, we projected that 3 million medication doses would require repackaging or the addition ...

Serious medication errors are common in hospitals and often occur during order transcription or administration of medication. To help prevent such errors, technology has been developed to verify ...

We performed our study in a 735-bed tertiary care academic medical center. In addition to general medical and surgical patients, we have multiple specialty services. Approximately 6 million doses of ...