Effect of automated unit dose dispensing with barcode scanning on medication administration errors: an uncontrolled before-and-after study.

Janique Gabriëlle Jessurun; Nicole Geertruida Maria Hunfeld; Joost Van Rosmalen; Monique Van Dijk; Patricia Maria Lucia Adriana Van Den Bemt

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Effect of automated unit dose dispensing with barcode scanning on medication administration errors: an uncontrolled before-and-after study.

December 1, 2021

Jessurun JG, Hunfeld NGM, Van Rosmalen J, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021;33(4):mzab142.

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Reducing medication administration errors (MAEs) is an ongoing patient safety priority. This prospective study assessed the impact of automated unit dose dispensing with barcode-assisted medication administration on MAEs at one Dutch hospital. Implementation was associated with a lower probability of MAEs (particularly omission errors and wrong dose errors), but impact would likely be greater with increased compliance with barcode scanning.

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