Barcode

Since the 2006 IOM report, healthcare facilities have been urged to transition to barcode medication administration. This will allow the person administering the medications to check the “five rights” (the right patient, the right drug, the right time, the right dose, and the right route). In addition to the human clarification, the barcode scanning will again check the “five rights.” Essentially, this will be help prevent medication errors. In anesthesia practice…

Premise: The Nursing Action-plan on the use and sustainability of Barcode Medication Administration Problem Statement According to Aiken et al. (2012), the concern regarding patients’ safety is a global issue and not concentrated to particular hospitals. The study by Van Den Bos et al. (2011) describes some of the means through which patients could be injured such as ineffectual sharing of information among clinicians, delayed treatment, and sometimes misapplication of health technology just to…

Medication errors are recognized as a clinical concern that is continuously on the rise, which can result in death. These medication errors are costing health care billions of dollars yearly. By implementing the Barcode Medication Administration system (BCMA) would allow the point-of-care systems to offer numerous stages of functionality (AHRQ, 2013). With use of the BCMA, it would provide a better identifier for the patient with the right dose, and time of medication, as well as, providing…

Currently, Dr. Rong Lu conducts research at the University of Southern California (USC). Her lab investigates stem cell malfunction, regulation, and coordination at the single cell level (1). Furthermore, she uses mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) as a model system (1). Dr. Lu’s research utilize various disciplines of biology such as molecular, cellular, and systems biology (1). Additionally, Dr. Lu’s research focuses on investigating the differences and coordination between individual stem…

One example of such technology is the use of barcode labels and scanning in the place of, or in conjunction with the patients’ wristband.4 Using this technology, a bedside barcode/label is generated for both the blood sample and the patient wristband. This barcode will be physically attached to the patient and when blood products are to be administered, this barcode will be checked with the hospitals’ blood bank database along with the patients’ barcode as part of the final bedside check before…

In addition to eMAR the use of barcode technology in collaboration with the eMAR system has resulted in an overall decrease in medication errors. Barcode technology and eMAR has resulted in an overall 60 to 97 % decrease in medication errors (Karen, 2011, p. 1). Barcode technology is also referred to as BCMA, which means barcode medication administration (Paoletti et al., 2007, p. 537). This technology involves all patients having a barcode wristband; this wristband is obtained at the…

Within Wilbur’s Total Beverage company, there were two problems that we noticed after conducting the interview. The two problems were the lack of technology that was used to account for the new inventory that was coming into the back-end and the individual, over-aged employee that makes delivery stops to individuals’ houses. Two recommended solutions to address these problems is implementing an integrated system of receiving, inventory, and order management, and hiring an additional, ideally…

Medication errors in the healthcare facilities are continuing to rise, which can contribute to increase in cost, and may result to death. The purpose of this evidence based project proposal is to identify clinical concerns that needs change and how it applies to a nurse informaticist, by applying evidence-based practice and interventions. Evidence based practice is an approach to problem solving, which applies to clinical practice settings, and is integrated based on thorough use of the research…

Will the veterans at the VA Outpatient clinic have fewer medication errors with the implementation of a barcode medication administration system, compared to not using barcode the medication system, which will result in decreased medication error rate over a period of a year. This is the question that will be presented in this research proposal. Medication errors occur daily and are steadily on a rise. According to Seibert (2014), adverse drug event has risen to 450, 000 annually from…

At the billing counter, we had a weighing machine and a barcode scanner attached to the cash register. With questioning about the weighing scale, Aaheli replied, “Measure (pointed the numbers in the weighing scale).” The educators (Siobhan and Anis) explained the difference between the usage of a weighing machine and a barcode scanner in a supermarket. The educators demonstrated how to search for a barcode (numbers with patterned parallel lines) and assisted the girls to find the…