Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(24):2619-2625. A number of BPOC systems are commercially available. The functionality of these systems varies, but their basic concept is the same: the information ...
The ISMP guidelines are not designed to be adopted unchanged by hospitals to represent the hospital's medication administration policies. Instead, the ISMP believes that each hospital (through an ...
One of the most serious responsibilities that healthcare providers have is administering medications correctly. There are seven rights of medication administration and three checks to protect patients ...
The systems, in which nurses use an electronic scanner to sync packaged drugs with patient and electronic medication administration records, are designed to put more safeguards around medication ...
Surgical Information Systems outlined “five rights” of medication administration for clinical teams and anesthesia providers to improve medication and surgery safety in the OR. 1. Right patient – ...
CMS has issued a revision to its “30-minute” rule on the administration of medication in hospitals, according to a Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program blog post and a copy of the notification ...