Comparison of barcode scanning by pharmacy technicians and pharmacists' visual checks for final product verification. | PSNet

Provide Feedback |

Submit a Case

Register

Study

Comparison of barcode scanning by pharmacy technicians and pharmacists' visual checks for final product verification.

February 17, 2016

Wang BN-T, Brummond P, Stevenson JG. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2016;73(2):69-75.

In this study at a satellite pharmacy of a large academic hospital, barcode scanning by technicians was better at detecting dispensing errors than visual checking by pharmacists. This supports prior research showing that barcode scanning decreases dispensing errors and adverse drug events in the hospital.

PubMed citation

Related Resources

Improving administration and documentation of enteral nutrition support therapy in a Veteran Affairs health care system: use of medication administration record and bar code scanning technology.

February 1, 2023

Effect of a pharmacy-based centralized intravenous admixture service on the prevalence of medication errors: a before-and-after study.

August 10, 2022

Annual Perspective

Annual Perspective: Topics in Medication Safety

March 31, 2022

Barcode medication administration technology use in hospital practice: a mixed-methods observational study of policy deviations.

August 4, 2021

Intravenous admixture preparation considerations, Parts 9-A and 9-B: error prevention in intravenous admixture preparation.

July 21, 2021

Operationalizing occupational fatigue in pharmacists: an exploratory factor analysis.

November 18, 2020

Wrong drug and wrong dose dispensing errors identified in pharmacist professional liability claims.

November 4, 2020

Impact of interoperability of smart infusion pumps and an electronic medical record in critical care.

September 23, 2020

Key potentially inappropriate drugs in pediatrics: the KIDs list.

June 24, 2020

WebM&M Cases

The Lost Start Date: an Unknown Risk of E-prescribing

October 30, 2019

Multicenter study to evaluate the benefits of technology-assisted workflow on i.v. room efficiency, costs, and safety.

June 26, 2019

Work overload is related to increased risk of error during chemotherapy preparation.

May 29, 2019

Design of hospital errors and omissions activities that include patient-specific medication related problems.

April 10, 2019

Organizational conditions for engagement in quality and safety improvement: a longitudinal qualitative study of community pharmacies.

February 6, 2019

Detection of potential look-alike/sound-alike medication errors using Veterans Affairs administrative databases.

November 28, 2018

Community-acquired and hospital-acquired medication harm among older inpatients and impact of a state-wide medication management intervention.

November 14, 2018

ASHP national survey of pharmacy practice in hospital settings: dispensing and administration—2017.

October 31, 2018

Robotic dispensing improves patient safety, inventory management, and staff satisfaction in an outpatient hospital pharmacy.

September 12, 2018

Preventing dispensing errors by alerting for drug confusions in the pharmacy information system—a survey of users.

August 8, 2018

WebM&M Cases

Mixup Beyond the Medication Label

August 1, 2018

Safe handling of concentrated electrolyte products from outsourcing facilities during critical drug shortages.

June 13, 2018

Errors detected in pediatric oral liquid medication doses prepared in an automated workflow management system.

February 28, 2018

Unreadable barcodes and multiple barcodes on packages can lead to errors.

November 8, 2017

Maximize benefits of IV workflow management systems by addressing workarounds and errors.

September 20, 2017

The effects of bar-coding technology on medication errors: a systematic literature review.

April 19, 2017

ASHP IV Adult Continuous Infusions.

January 18, 2017

Evaluation of electronic health record implementation on pharmacist interventions related to oral chemotherapy management.

October 26, 2016

Impact of pharmacist-provided medication therapy management on healthcare quality and utilization in recently discharged elderly patients.

September 28, 2016

Standardization of compounded oral liquids for pediatric patients in Michigan.

August 31, 2016

Risk factors for i.v. compounding errors when using an automated workflow management system.

July 27, 2016

View More

See More About

Dispensing Errors

Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events

To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter your email address below.

5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 427-1364