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With high-profile reports of medication mix-ups in the news -- and an acknowledgment that it happens more often than patients realize -- officials at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance have installed a new computer system they hope makes human error less likely.
The $2.5 million system includes three components: so-called smart pumps that don't allow nurses to program the wrong dosage in intravenous machines; a bulky robotlike machine that dispenses common drugs in the pharmacy with minimal human handling; and a new bar-coding system that they hope will prevent prescription mistakes. FDA drug informationSee the full content of this document
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Minimizing Drug Mix-Ups
"We had some very compelling reasons for doing this," said Kathy Harren, chief nurse executive at the hospital. "Our administration was very supportive of doing anything that prevents human error."
One of the perks of the new system is that it ...See the full content of this document
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