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