Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

Frank H. Morriss; Paul W. Abramowitz; Steven Nelson; Gary Milavetz; Stacy L. Michael; Sara N. Gordon; Jane F. Pendergast; Francis Cook

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Effectiveness of a barcode medication administration system in reducing preventable adverse drug events in a neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study.

November 12, 2008

Morriss FH, Abramowitz PW, Nelson S, et al. J Pediatr. 2009;154(3):363-8, 368.e1.

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Implementing a bar coding system reduced adverse drug events by approximately 50% in this single-institution study.

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