1. 1. BAR CODE SCANNINGBAR CODE SCANNING IS A PROCESS OF USING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO READ AMEDICATION BAR CODE AND INTERPRET DATA USING SOFTWARE TO VALIDATEMEDICATION ACCURACY AGAINST DEFINED INFORMATION SUCH AS PATIENT IDENTIFICATION MEDICATION IDENTIFICATIONAND MEDICATION STRENGTH
2. 2. PREVENTABLEERRORSo ESTIMATED 450,000 ADVERSE DRUG EVENTSo 25% OF THOSE ARE PREVENTABLE
3. 3. SAFETY FIRST
4. 4. MEDICATIONADMINISTRATION ERRORDISCREPANCY BETWEEN PRESCRIBERS INTERPRETABLE MEDICATION ORDERAND WHAT WAS ADMINISTERED TO A PATIENT
5. 5. SCAN THE MEDICATION
6. 6. SCAN PATIENT ID BAND
7. 7. SIX RIGHTS RIGHT PATIENT RIGHT DRUG RIGHT DOSE RIGHT TIME RIGHT ROUTE RIGHT REASON
8. 8. USE BAR CODING AND AVOIDERRORS WRONG MEDICATION WRONG FORMULATION WRONG PATIENT WRONG DOSE EXPIRED MEDICATIONS
9. 9. GOALS INCREASE PATIENT SAFETY INCREASE PATIENT SATISFACTION INCREASE EFFICIENCY INCREASE NURSING SATISFACTION DECREASE HEALTHCARE COSTS
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