title: Bar-code verification: reducing but not eliminating medication errors.
abstract: Using observation, eye tracking, and clinical simulation with embedded errors, we studied the impact of bar-code verification on error identification and recovery during medication administration. Data supported that bar-code verification may reduce but does not eliminate patient identification (ID) and medication errors during clinical simulation of medication administration.
authors.affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield. philip.henneman@bhs.org
authors.forename: Philip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Henneman
authors.forename: Jenna L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Marquard
authors.forename: Donald L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bleil
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Justin P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Henneman
authors.forename: Fidela S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: Ann Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Brian H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Nathanson
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Henneman
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*