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Development of the Leapfrog Group's bar code medication administration standard to address hospital inpatient medication safety.
September 21, 2022
Austin JM, Bane A, Gooder V, et al. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(6):526-530.
Use of bar code medication administration (BCMA) technology in hospitals has been shown to decrease medication errors at the time of administration. In 2016, the Leapfrog Group implemented a standard for BCMA use as part of its hospital survey. This article describes the development, testing, and subsequent refinement of the BCMA standard.
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