Medication safety issue brief. Bar code implementation strategies.

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Medication safety issue brief. Bar code implementation strategies.

September 21, 2005

Association AH, Pharmacists AS of H-S, Networks H and H. Hospitals & health networks. 2005;79(7):65-6.

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This brief addresses the role of bar coding in medication safety and includes three case studies of implementation. It is the second in a series of six briefs focusing on medication errors.

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