Managing a new medication administration process.
The 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.
Englebright
Jane D
JD
HCA Hospital Corporation of America, One Park Plaza, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. Jane.Englebright@hcahealthcare.com
Franklin
Michelle
M
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D010355:Patient Identification Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration