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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: a year in review.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Pharmacy Practice News. October 2011:7-14.

STUDY

Medication-error alerts for warfarin orders detected by a bar-code-assisted medication administration system.

Fitzhenry F, Doran J, Lobo B, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:434-441.

STUDY

Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Morriss FH Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, et al. J Pediatr. 2009;197:678-685.

STUDY

Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.

Stamp KD, Willis DG. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:231-239.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Design for reliability: barcoded medication administration.

Hayden AC, Lanoue ET, Still CJ. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. July/August 2011;8:12-20.

REVIEW

Bar code technology and medication administration error.

Young J, Slebodnik M, Sands L. J Patient Saf. 2010;6;115-120.

STUDY

Bar-code technology for medication administration: medication errors and nurse satisfaction.

Fowler SB, Sohler P, Zarillo DF. MedSurg Nursing. 2009;18:103-110.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Scanner beep only means the barcode has been scanned.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 30, 2011;16:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Barcode technology flaws put some patients at risk.

US News & World Report. July 3, 2008.

STUDY

Bar code medication administration technology: characterization of high-alert medication triggers and clinician workarounds.

Miller DF, Fortier CR, Garrison KL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:162-168.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2008;5:122-126.

COMMENTARY classic

Computerization can create safety hazards: a bar-coding near miss.

McDonald CJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:510-516.

REVIEW

Navigating the information technology highway: computer solutions to reduce errors and enhance patient safety.

Koshy R. Transfusion. 2005;45(suppl 4):189S-205S.

STUDY

A quality initiative to decrease pathology specimen-labeling errors using radiofrequency identification in a high-volume endoscopy center.

Francis DL, Prabhakar S, Sanderson SO. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009;104:972-975.

STUDY

Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code–assisted medication administration system.

Morriss FH, Jr, Abramowitz PW, Nelson SP, Milavetz G, Michael SL, Gordon SN. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:57-62.

STUDY

Effect of bar-code–assisted medication administration on medication administration errors and accuracy in multiple patient care areas.

Helmons PJ, Wargel LN, Daniels CE. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1202-1210.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug shortages: a pharmacy informatics perspective.

Edillo PN. Pharm Purch Prod. April 2011;8:26.

STUDY

Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

STUDY

Specimen labeling errors in surgical pathology: an 18-month experience.

Layfield LJ, Anderson GM. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010;134:466-470.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Guidelines for timely medication administration: response to the CMS "30-minute rule."

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 13, 2011;16:1-4.

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