My hospital is going to be scanning meds this summer, when the new system arrives. How well does it work? Does it really cut down on errors? We had a staff meeting and one nurse, who has worked with it in the past, said it doesn't cut down any or all that much.
Ideas? How does it work? Does it tell you if there is a dose omission or the wrong dose? If you scan something that is the wrong dose, dose it tell you?
Our system with paper MAR's doesn't work all that well. We have a high incidence of dose omission, primarily because the times are set so close together and the eye does not see it at times. We asked to have the times put farther apart, but we were told that can't be done.
It also doesn't help that the dr's write 4 pages of orders per day and write them throughout the day, so you have to constantly check your charts, up until the second you go home.