allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses - Nursing Issues On Patient Safety http://allnurses.com Nursing Issues and how they affect patient safety and care. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:13:39 GMT vBulletin 60 http://img.an-file.info/misc/rss.jpg allnurses: A Nursing Community for Nurses - Nursing Issues On Patient Safety http://allnurses.com Increasing med-admin safety with no-tech/low-tech http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/increasing-med-admin-435153-new.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:01:27 GMT A good article with many specific tips on increasing medication-administration accuracy and safety,... A good article with many specific tips on increasing medication-administration accuracy and safety, without buying high tech:

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"A UCSF program to improve accuracy in administering drugs - with particular emphasis on reducing interruptions that often lead to mistakes - resulted in a nearly 88 percent drop in errors over 36 months at the nine Bay Area hospitals, according to results being released today. " ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety 3rdcareerRN http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/increasing-med-admin-435153.html Barcode Scanning http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/barcode-scanning-435150-new.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:57:56 GMT Hello everyone,

I'm working on a scholarly paper and the purpose of this paper is to prove base on evidence that using barcode scanning helps decrease medication errors. Please, if you know any websites that provide evidence-based resources regarding this topic, share them with me. Or, let me know what measures your hospital is taking to decrease medication errors and if there were any outcomes positive or negative.

Thanks ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety jacquessyndia http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/barcode-scanning-435150.html Two Patient Identifiers http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/two-patient-identifiers-435142-new.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:54:14 GMT Hi Everyone,

I have been doing research for a scholarly paper that I'm working on regarding two patient identifiers, and I was wondering what type of measures your hospital uses. We use armband with patient name and ID number, and compare it to the order. I look forward to your reply. Thank you. Trisha. ]]> Nursing Issues On Patient Safety pippy48 http://allnurses.com/nursing-issues-patient/two-patient-identifiers-435142.html