Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors.
Henneman PL, Marquard J, Fisher DL, et al. Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors. J Nurs Adm. 2012;42(12):562-6. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e318274b545.
This simulation study identified several mechanisms by which medication errors could occur even when a bar-code medication administration system was used. These included patient identification errors and failure to heed computerized warnings.