Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors.

Philip L. Henneman; Jenna Marquard; Donald L. Fisher; Justin Bleil; Brendan Walsh; Justin P. Henneman; Fidela S. Blank; Ann Marie Higgins; Brian H. Nathanson; Elizabeth A. Henneman

Study

Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors.

December 12, 2012

Henneman PL, Marquard J, Fisher DL, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2012;42(12):562-6.

View more articles from the same authors.

This simulation study identified several mechanisms by which medication errors could occur even when a bar-code medication administration system was used. These included patient identification errors and failure to heed computerized warnings.

PubMed citation

Available at

Related Resources From the Same Author(s)

Nurses' behaviors and visual scanning patterns may reduce patient identification errors.

September 27, 2016

Voluntarily reported emergency department errors.

March 2, 2010

Emergency department medication lists are not accurate.

June 20, 2011

Strategies used by critical care nurses to identify, interrupt, and correct medical errors.

September 26, 2016

Strategies used by nurses to recover medical errors in an academic emergency department setting.

September 27, 2016

Testing a classification model for emergency department errors.

September 28, 2010

Development and implementation of a patient safety program in an academic, urban emergency department.

January 7, 2011

Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: a multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study.

November 16, 2022

Optimizing Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Care Setting.

October 19, 2022

Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance.

April 24, 2018

Related Resources

Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

March 13, 2019

Proper positioning of pharmacy label on Hospira PCA vials will avoid interference with scanning.

May 2, 2018

Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.

December 23, 2016

Augmenting health care failure modes and effects analysis with simulation.

March 5, 2014

Bar-Coded Medication Administration (BCMA).

July 28, 2013

Bar code medication administration technology: characterization of high-alert medication triggers and clinician workarounds.

March 23, 2011

The impact of traditional and smart pump infusion technology on nurse medication administration performance in a simulated inpatient unit.

March 22, 2011

Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "No Pay for Errors Rule"? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents.

February 18, 2011

Bar code technology and medication administration error.

June 9, 2010

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

March 18, 2010

See More About The Topic

Hospitals

Risk Managers

Information Professionals

Educators

General Internal Medicine

Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors.

Connect With Us

Sign up for Email Updates

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Innovations

Continue as a Guest

Continue logged in

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Training

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your Toolkit

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

New Users to the PSNet site

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Continue Logged In

Submit Your WebM&M Case

Continue as a Guest

Already have a PSNet

Account?

New Users