Foote Sylvestor O, Coleman John R
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Nurs Econ. 2008 May-Jun;26(3):207-10.
Approximately 1.5 million Americans are injured each year because of medication errors. In hospitals alone medication errors cost the health system well over $3.5 billion per year. Nurses are at the frontline of medication administration accountability. A Bar Code Medication Administration application was implemented at a 300-bed community hospital. The creation of the process was spearheaded by a taskforce consisting of staff nurses, nursing and pharmacy administrators, and an IT representative. This group planned the implementation process, which included changes to medication policies and procedures, downtime procedures, workflow designs, planning for nursing training, and changes to medication delivery. The results from the pilot indicated that the bar-cod technology reduced medication errors by 80%.
每年约有150万美国人因用药错误而受伤。仅在医院，用药错误每年就给医疗系统造成超过35亿美元的损失。护士处于用药管理责任的第一线。一家拥有300张床位的社区医院实施了条形码用药管理应用程序。该流程的创建由一个特别工作组牵头，成员包括护士、护理和药房管理人员以及一名信息技术代表。该小组规划了实施流程，包括用药政策和程序的变更、停机程序、工作流程设计、护理培训规划以及用药配送的变更。试点结果表明，条形码技术将用药错误减少了80%。
