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Scanner beep only means the barcode has been scanned.

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

This article discusses problems associated with overreliance on barcode system audio confirmation and suggests strategies to improve the reliability of electronic medication administration systems.

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Resource Type

Newspaper/Magazine Article

Setting of Care

Hospitals

Target Audience

Nurses

Nurse Managers

Quality and Safety Professionals

Information Professionals

Clinical Area

General Internal Medicine

Hospital Medicine

Nursing

Pharmacy

Safety Target

Medication Errors/Preventable Adverse Drug Events

Approach to Improving Safety

Bar Coding and Radiofrequency ID Tagging

Computerized Adverse Event Detection

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America