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Article: Bar-code technology for medication administration: medication errors and nurse satisfaction.(Research for Practice)
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- MedSurg Nursing
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Administration of medications takes up to 40% of nurses' time in providing patient care (Armitage & Knapman, 2003). Multiple stages to the medication process include order entry, transcription and verification, dispensing, medication administration, and consumption by the patient. Inherent in all these stages are the five rights: the right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, and right time (Perry & Potter, 2004). In addition, numerous members of the health care team, such as physicians, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, unit clerks, registered nurses, and patients, work collaboratively to ensure safe and accurate drug administration.
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