ArticleMayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes2018
Implementation of Bar-Code Medication Administration to Reduce Patient Harm.
Article in Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Assessing the Effectiveness of Interventions Implemented by Nurses to Reduce Medication Administration Errors in Hospitalised Acute Adult Patient Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- Reducing medication errors for adults in hospital settings.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Transport physics-informed reinforcement learning agents deployed in standalone infusion pumps for managing multidrug delivery in critical care.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2025Article
- Barcode medication administration system use and safety implications: a data-driven longitudinal study supported by clinical observation.BMJ health & care informatics · 2025Article
- Implementation of barcode medication administration (BMCA) technology on infusion pumps in the operating rooms.BMJ open quality · 2023Article
- Investigating nurses' acceptance of patients' bring your own device implementation in a clinical setting: A pilot study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Article
- Eliciting willingness-to-pay to prevent hospital medication administration errors in the UK: a contingent valuation survey.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Descriptive Epidemiology of Safety Events at an Academic Medical Center.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Growing Up Fast!Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the impact of implementing bar-code medication administration (BCMA) technology on the rate of medication administration errors in the inpatient setting, specifically those that affect the patient and result in harm. PATIENTS AND
methodsImplementation of the new technology began in September 2008 in a staged rollout of 4 or 5 units at a time in 11 separate waves. All corresponding medication administrations and voluntarily reported medication-related adverse events from March 1, 2007, through September 30, 2013, were included for analyses. Adherence to the use of BCMA technology and the number of adverse events were tracked and compared across the preimplementation period through follow-up. Actual errors, not potential errors, were included in the analysis.
resultsAfter the BCMA technology was introduced, reported medication administration errors decreased by 43.5%. More importantly, the rate of harmful medication errors decreased from 0.65 per 100,000 medications preintervention to 0.29 per 100,000 medications postintervention. This resulted in a 55.4% decrease in actual patient harm events. None of the errors at category E or higher was caused by BCMA factors.
conclusionConsistent use of BCMA technology improves patient safety by decreasing the number of patients harmed by medication administration errors.
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