• J Nurs Adm · Sep 2005

    Managing a new medication administration process.

    • Jane D Englebright and Michelle Franklin.
    • HCA Hospital Corporation of America, One Park Plaza, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. Jane.Englebright@hcahealthcare.com
    • J Nurs Adm. 2005 Sep 1; 35 (9): 410-3.

    AbstractThe national focus on medication errors has stimulated rapid adoption of medication administration technologies with bar code verification. The effectiveness of these technologies in preventing errors is directly related to how consistently practitioners use the technology to verify both patient identity and drug identity with each administration. The authors discuss management strategies that have proven effective at increasing staff compliance with using bar code-enabled medication systems.

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