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Article: Academic Medical Center Announces 87 Percent Medication Error Reduction With McKesson's Point-of-Care Bar Code Scanning Technology; University of Wisconsin Hospital Study Shows How Admin-Rx(TM) Reduces Medication Administration Errors and Improves Documentation.
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- November 13, 2002
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MADISON, Wis., and PITTSBURGH -- An in-depth study at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Hospital and Clinics shows the hospital has reduced medication administration errors by 87 percent with the use of Admin-Rx(TM). Manufactured by McKesson Automation Inc., a business unit of McKesson Corporation, the industry-leading Admin-Rx is a hand-held wireless bar code scanner that caregivers use at the point of care to ensure that the five key aspects of medication administration are correct, thereby reducing medication errors.
The results show dramatic improvements in medication administration and documentation accuracy, based on a direct observational study of ...