Factors associated with barcode medication administration technology that contribute to patient safety: an integrative review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Factors associated with barcode medication administration technology that contribute to patient safety: an integrative review. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published June 2017

Factors associated with barcode medication administration technology that contribute to patient safety: an integrative review.

Strudwick G, Reisdorfer E, Warnock C, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2017 Jun 27; [Epub ahead of print].

If nurses experience problems while using barcode medication technologies, this can result in patient harm. This review highlights factors that contribute to such failures, including lack of effective training on barcode medication administration use and poor system functionality.

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