title: Hospital dispensing. On auto pilot.
abstract: An automated dispensing system installed in an acute hospital has halved dispensing errors and released more than 30 per cent of technicians' time for other duties. Reducing medication errors can have a considerable effect on reducing pressure on hospital beds. Automation has considerable advantages in light of the continuing shortage of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
authors.affiliation: Wirral Hospital Trust.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slee
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeats
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom