The use of technology to ensure the correct dose of medicines

Abstract The hospital pharmacy aims, in the context of patient safety, to collaborate in the process of health care and well-being, ensuring that the patient uses the prescribed medication, in the appropriate presentation, time, dose, dosage and routes, avoiding errors associated with medications. As an important measure to reduce the risk of…

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Administer medications to more than one patient. What are the risks?

We are referring to the simultaneous preparation of medications in the ward, to later take them to the rooms of the various patients. This practice speeds up the preparation. For example, preparing all the syringes at once and then taking them to the rooms.

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I already have the barcode on the ampoule, is it possible to improve this?

A large number of vials have always had a linear barcode. But now, we have several medications in vials with Datamatrix barcodes (two-dimensional barcodes). What do these barcodes add to the data we already have, such as the batch number and expiration date, and they also have a very low error rate.

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Learn how to reduce errors using barcodes

When you enter the hospital, they will collect your details and you will be given a bracelet with this information, such as your full name, date of birth and a barcode.

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