Computer applications in hospital pharmacy practice.  II. Manual backup/support system.
The planning phase of a hospital pharmacy computer system usually does not address the issue of a suitable backup should the computer fail. This article describes a backup system centered around a hard-copy patient medication profile. This profile is built through use of computer-generated duplicate labels and exists for both the unit dose and intravenous admixture services. With this approach, the computer initiates its own support system and thereby eliminates the need for a separate, manually maintained backup system.
D003201:Computers; D004348:Drug Labeling; D004868:Equipment Failure; D007256:Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*