Workarounds to barcode medication administration systems: their occurrences, causes, and threats to patient safety
Koppel R;Wetterneck T;Telles JL;Karsh BT;;
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA1970Vol. 15pp. -
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Abstract
The authors develop a typology of clinicians' workarounds when using barcoded medication administration (BCMA) systems. Authors then identify the causes and possible consequences of each workaround. The BCMAs usually consist of handheld devices for scanning machine-readable barcodes on patients and …