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RFID Medication Management System in Hospitals

International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 2020
One of the primary concerns of the World Health Organization is the improvement of medical care by reducing adverse events in the medication process and enhancing the safety of patients. These issues are mainly related to the management of expensive and high-risk medicines in hospitals. In this paper, we enhanced medication management by minimizing the
Safae El Abkari, Abdelilah Jilbab, Jamal El Mhamdi   +2 more
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Effectiveness of the automated drug dispensing system: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objectives: to compare the effectiveness of the decentralized automated drug dispensing system with pockets. Methods: an effectiveness study based on a systematic review guided by the question: for patients admitted to hospital units, is the use of ...
Márglory Fraga de Carvalho, Juliana Mendes Marques, Cristiano Bertolossi Marta, Antônio Augusto de Freitas Peregrino, Vivian Schutz, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva   +5 more
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MEDICATION ERRORS AND DRUG-DISPENSING SYSTEMS IN A HOSPITAL PHARMACY [PDF]

Clinics, 2005
Pharmacies permeate and interconnect various actions developed in different sectors within the complex process of the use of drugs in a hospital. Dispensing failures mean that a breach has occurred in one of the last safety links in the use of drugs.
Anacleto, Tânia Azevedo, Perini, Edson, Rosa, Mário Borges, César, Cibele Comini   +3 more
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The pharmacist facing the logistics of safely dispensing, storing and preserving drugs in healthcare units [PDF]

Farmacia Hospitalaria, 2020
In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the Hospital Pharmacy Services have quickly adapted to respond to a critical situation characterized by the constant and continuous admission of patients with severe pneumonia who needed treatment, requiring a ...
Maria Josep Cabañas, Maria Queralt Gorgas   +1 more
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One-Stop Dispensing: Hospital Costs and Patient Perspectives on Self-Management of Medication

Pharmacy, 2018
(1) Objective: To assess hospital medication costs and staff time between One-Stop Dispensing (OSD) and the Traditional Medication System (TMS), and to evaluate patient perspectives on OSD.
Morten Baltzer Houlind, Helle Bach Ølgaard McNulty, Charlotte Treldal, Signe Lindgaard Andersen, Thomas Huneck Haupt, Janne Petersen, Ove Andersen, Lene Juel Kjeldsen   +7 more
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Patient-centric implementation of an electronic medication management system at a tertiary hospital in Western Sydney

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2018
Background: Traditional implementations of electronic medication management (EMM) systems have involved two common formats – a ‘big bang’ approach on the day of go-live, or a phased ward-by-ward approach over months.
Naren Gunja, Ian Dunlop, Milan Vaghasiya, Kevin Kuan, Simon Poon   +4 more
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Effect of Patient Safety Program for Nurses on Medication Administration [PDF]

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2022
Background: Patients' safety is the main concern of all health-care systems around the world; one of international patient safety goal is medication administration safety aim: determine the effect of patient safety training program for nurses on ...
Israa Abu Hussein, Neamat Elsaied, Sanaa Ghandour   +2 more
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Outcome of involuntary medication in a state hospital system

American Journal of Psychiatry, 1991
Objective: The purpose of the study was to examine the course of involuntarily administered medication in a state hospital population. Method: The authors retrospectively examined the records of all 51 involuntarily medicated patients in six state hospitals in New York City in a single calendar year.
Cournos, Francine, McKinnon, Karen M., Stanley, Barbara H.   +2 more
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EVALUATING HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRACTICE: MEDICATION PRESCRIBING, TRANSCRIBING, AND ADMINISTRATION IN TABUK REGION, SAUDI ARABIA [PDF]

Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut University, 2023
This study aimed to outline the scope of pharmacy practice activities in managing medication use in hospital settings in Tabuk region, Saudi Arabia. The study used a modified American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) national survey related to
Majed Alenazi, Abdulrahman Asiri, Ali Ghabban, Abdulmohsen Ashamrani, Palanisamy Amirthalingam, Mostafa Ali   +5 more
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Concomitant prescribing and dispensing errors at a Brazilian hospital: a descriptive study

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence and types of prescribing and dispensing errors occurring with high-alert medications and to propose preventive measures to avoid errors with these medications.
Maria das Dores Graciano Silva, Mário Borges Rosa, Bryony Dean Franklin, Adriano Max Moreira Reis, Leni Márcia Anchieta, Joaquim Antônio César Mota   +5 more
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