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The impact of type of manual medication cart filling method on the frequency of medication administration errors: a prospective before and after study.
Schimmel AM, Becker ML, van den Bout T, Taxis K, van den Bemt PM. Int J Nurs Stud. 2011;48:791-797.

This study noted no significant difference in medication administration errors regardless of whether medication cart filling methods were dictated by medication name or round time.
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