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Bar-Code Technology Can Enhance Patient Safety
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B kar-code technology is widespread in the general retail environ - ment and is typically used to maintain product pricing information and to track inventory movement.
While its advantages have not yet been fully exploited in the hospital and community-pharmacy settings, bar-code systems of medication administration are being used to improve overall medication safety through verification that the right drug is being administered to the right patient at the right time.
Several studies have shown that bar-code technology can significantly reduce errors in medication dispensing and administration. As technology continues to advance, it will be incumbent on pharmacy …
