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…
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.
The word “centralized” seems to be very popular these days. We have heard a lot about patient-centered medicine, which involves treating the patient as a whole and not in a fragmented way, divided by disease. However, patient-centered or patient-centered distribution has nothing to do with patient-centered medicine.
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.
Often it is not even possible to consider this dilemma. After all, there is not always a space in the hospital pharmacy to pick and dispense MATs. However, for those who have to plan a new pharmacy or who have the necessary space, the possibility of integrating it into a single space is convenient.
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.