In the United States there are approximately 7000 deaths per year related to adverse drug events (ADEs); furthermore, it is estimated that a hospitalized patient is subject to at least one medication administration error per day (Koppel, Wetterneck, & Telles, 2008; Richardson, Bromirski, & Hayden, 2012). Medications errors usually end up extending patient stays by 1.74 days and cost the health care system billions of dollars each year (Koppel et al., 2008; Van Onzenoort et al., 2008). Most ADEs occur due to a deviation from the five rights of medication (right drug, right time, right patient, right dose and right route) (Young, Slebodnik, & Sands, 2010). The purpose of this paper is to determine if bar code assisted medication administration
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An estimated 38% of medication errors occur due to errors during administration (Young et al., 2010). The five rights of medication administration is a theory commonly taught to nurses to prevent medication administration errors (Young et al., 2010). Proponents of the concept espouse that verification of each of the five rights (right drug, right time, right patient, right dose and right route) by the nurse at the time of medication administration will decrease error related to medication administration (Young et al., …show more content…
Observational bias also extended to the nurses being observed; the nurses in all of the studies knew that they were being observed which could change the results of the studies. None of the studies were randomized which deceases the overall strength of the evidence. Other studies relied on self-reported rates of ADEs, this technique is a poor indicator of actual rates of error as they are subject to the participants’ knowledge of and desire to report their ADEs (Ludwig-Beymer et al., 2012; Seibert et al.,
An estimated 38% of medication errors occur due to errors during administration (Young et al., 2010). The five rights of medication administration is a theory commonly taught to nurses to prevent medication administration errors (Young et al., 2010). Proponents of the concept espouse that verification of each of the five rights (right drug, right time, right patient, right dose and right route) by the nurse at the time of medication administration will decrease error related to medication administration (Young et al., …show more content…
Observational bias also extended to the nurses being observed; the nurses in all of the studies knew that they were being observed which could change the results of the studies. None of the studies were randomized which deceases the overall strength of the evidence. Other studies relied on self-reported rates of ADEs, this technique is a poor indicator of actual rates of error as they are subject to the participants’ knowledge of and desire to report their ADEs (Ludwig-Beymer et al., 2012; Seibert et al.,