Hospital puts bar codes up in armbands

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HCA-owned St. Lucie Medical Center is making sure every patient admitted to the hospital by October will be fitted with a barcode bracelet that the hospital says will help cut down on the potential for medication errors by ensuring that every patient receives the right drug at the right time.

Palm Beach Post, July 15, 2002

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Hmmm...next we'll have checkout chicks....damn place is becoming more like a supermarket for the infirm every day...

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I agree, Ortho. Are we not to be trusted to medicate out pts correctly?

It leaves a bad taste in my mouth...scanning patients

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If you've read the news lately, then we're not to be trusted at all...:p

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