Barcode Medication Errors
It is a tragedy. Nurses should be careful when administering medication to patient and I agree with you. The hospital administration should take action against these nurse. There is a barcode medication administration (BCMA) is available in market which prevent human errors. BCMA is an inventory control system that ues barcodes in hospitals. Using this system 65% to 85% medication errors can be reduced. Medication errors is the Third leading cause of death in US according to John hopkins studies. Policy makers should focus on these problems and with a little attention these medication error death can be avoidable and reduce future problems.