Medication administration errors in nursing homes using an automated medication dispensing system.

Patricia M L A van den Bemt; Jetske C Idzinga; Hans Robertz; Dennis Groot Kormelink; Neske Pels

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Medication administration errors in nursing homes using an automated medication dispensing system.

July 15, 2009

van den Bemt PMLA, Idzinga JC, Robertz H, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16(4):486-92.

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This study discovered that medication administration at nursing homes is an error-prone process, particularly around administration techniques and wrong time errors. A past AHRQ WebM&M commentary discussed a case of a nurse who bypassed the safeguards of an automated dispensing system at a nursing facility, which led to a serious medication error.

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