Dispensing error rate after implementation of an automated pharmacy carousel system.
PURPOSE: A study was conducted to determine filling and dispensing error rates before and after the implementation of an automated pharmacy carousel system (APCS). METHODS: The study was conducted in a 613-bed acute and tertiary care university hospital. Before the implementation of the APCS, fillin...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 64; no. 13; pp. 1427 - 1432 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
7/1/2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106182409&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106182409 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10792082 1X3 jtl: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy issn: 10792082 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 7/1/2007 vid: 64 iid: 13 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 106182409 2009616672 10.2146/ajhp060313 NLM17592010 106182409 ppf: 1427 ppct: 5 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Dispensing error rate after implementation of an automated pharmacy carousel system. aug: au: Oswald S Caldwell R affil: Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA, USA. soswald@stanfordmed.org sug: subj: Automation Medication Errors Etiology Medication Systems Administration Academic Medical Centers Audit Pharmacists Pharmacy Service Robotics Human ab: PURPOSE: A study was conducted to determine filling and dispensing error rates before and after the implementation of an automated pharmacy carousel system (APCS). METHODS: The study was conducted in a 613-bed acute and tertiary care university hospital. Before the implementation of the APCS, filling and dispensing rates were recorded during October through November 2004 and January 2005. Postimplementation data were collected during May through June 2006. Errors were recorded in three areas of pharmacy operations: first-dose or missing medication fill, automated dispensing cabinet fill, and interdepartmental request fill. A filling error was defined as an error caught by a pharmacist during the verification step. A dispensing error was defined as an error caught by a pharmacist observer after verification by the pharmacist. RESULTS: Before implementation of the APCS, 422 first-dose or missing medication orders were observed between October 2004 and January 2005. Independent data collected in December 2005, approximately six weeks after the introduction of the APCS, found that filling and error rates had increased. The filling rate for automated dispensing cabinets was associated with the largest decrease in errors. Filling and dispensing error rates had decreased by December 2005. In terms of interdepartmental request fill, no dispensing errors were noted in 123 clinic orders dispensed before the implementation of the APCS. One dispensing error out of 85 clinic orders was identified after implementation of the APCS. CONCLUSION: The implementation of an APCS at a university hospital decreased medication filling errors related to automated cabinets only and did not affect other filling and dispensing errors. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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