Article: HHS announces new requirements for bar codes on drugs and blood to reduce risks of medication errors.

Article: GROCERY STYLE BAR CODES TO PREVENT HOSPITAL ERRORS ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  March 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... bar code plan will cut medication errors in half and prevent more ... cited one study that found bar codes reduced medication errors by 80 percent. Veterans hospitals have found medication errors plummeted after they adopted ...

Article: Bar codes help reduce some medication ...
Healthcare Risk Management;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Bar codes help reduce some medication errors A study at the University ... correct, thereby reducing medication errors. The results of a recent ... to reduce common types of medication errors. These results are very enlightening ...

Article: Lilly Announces Individual Bar Coding on All Insulin Vials; ...
PR Newswire;  February 7, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... like the linear bar codes found on many ... first time the bar codes are being included ... industry to decrease medication errors. In February ... author of the book Medication Errors. Cohen is also ... and correlating bar codes on patient identification ...

Article: SOME METRO HOSPITALS TO PUT BAR CODES ON IDS TO ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... drugs and patient IDs. The bar codes are then scanned to track ... manufacturers to use standardized bar codes that hospitals could use nationwide ... unit-dose form don't have bar codes, hospitals will need to buy ... patient wristbands to avoid medication errors. HAL ...

Transcript: Analysis: FDA proposing using bar codes on ...
NPR All Things Considered;  March 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... proposing using bar codes on prescription ... hospitals to avoid medication errors Host: MICHELE ... ll reduce medication errors more than anything ... the number of medication errors resulting from ... have been using bar codes for several ...

Transcript: HHS ANNOUNCES NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR BAR CODES ON ...
Regulatory Intelligence Data;  February 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands ... patients from preventable medication errors and reduce the cost ... higher quality care. "Bar codes can help doctors ... reduce the risks of medication errors that can seriously ...

Article: HHS Announces New Requirements for Bar Codes on ...
U.S. Newswire;  February 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands ... patients from preventable medication errors and reduce the cost ... higher quality care. "Bar codes can help doctors ... reduce the risks of medication errors that can seriously ...