title: Locked medication drawer at the patient's room--experience in one hospital.
abstract: This article reviews the experience with a system of unit dose distribution to locked medication drawers located in each individual patient's room on two floors of a large community hospital. Two "patient server" configurations are described, one on a general medical-surgical floor and one on a critical care floor. The advantages and disadvantages of this system are compared with those associated with the use of unit dose medication carts.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006268:Health Facilities; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D010362:Patients' Rooms