TY - JOUR
AU - Nasuhara, Yasuyuki
AB - BACKGROUND: Bar-code technology, used for verification of patients and theirmedication, could prevent medication errors in clinical practice.OBJECTIVE: Retrospective analysis of electronically stored medical errorreports was conducted in a university hospital.METHODS: The number of reported medication errors of injected drugs,including wrong drug administration and administration to the wrong patient, was comparedbefore and after implementation of the bar-code verification system forinpatient care.RESULTS: A total of 2867 error reports associated with injection drugs wereextracted. Wrong patient errors decreased significantly after implementationof the bar-code verification system (17.4/year vs. 4.5/year, p< 0.05),although wrong drug errors did not decrease sufficiently (24.2/year vs.20.3/year). The source of medication errors due to wrong drugs was drugpreparation in hospital wards.CONCLUSION: Bar-code medication administration is effective for preventionof wrong patient errors. However, ordinary bar-code verification systems arelimited in their ability to prevent incorrect drug preparation in hospitalwards.
TI - Time trend of injection drug errors before and after implementation of bar-code verification system
JF - Technology and Health Care
DO - 10.3233/THC-150897
DA - 2015-06-10
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/ios-press/time-trend-of-injection-drug-errors-before-and-after-implementation-of-PRW6esolJS
SP - 267
EP - 274
VL - 23
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -