Severity of medication administration errors detected by a bar-code medication administration system.

Julie Sakowski; Jeffrey M. Newman; Krystin Dozier

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Severity of medication administration errors detected by a bar-code medication administration system.

October 1, 2008

Sakowski J, Newman JM, Dozier K. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(17):1661-6.

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Most medication errors detected by a barcoding system were not clinically significant, but errors in the medication ordering and administration process remained common overall despite use of barcoding.

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