Improving transfusion safety: implementation of a comprehensive computerized bar code-based tracking system for detecting and preventing errors.

R. W. Askeland; S. McGrane; J. S. Levitt; S. K. Dane; D. L. Greene; J. A. Vandeberg; K. Walker; A. Porcella; L. A. Herwaldt; L. T. Carmen; J. D. Kemp

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Improving transfusion safety: implementation of a comprehensive computerized bar code-based tracking system for detecting and preventing errors.

April 9, 2008

Askeland RW, McGrane S, Levitt JS, et al. Transfusion (Paris). 2008;48(7):1308-1317.

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Bar coding systems have been shown to decrease medication errors. In this study, implementation of a bar code system reduced preventable transfusion errors.

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