Telepharmacy and bar-code technology in an i.v. chemotherapy admixture area

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1211-1217

  O'Neal, Brian C ^a   Worden, John C ^b   Couldry, Rick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Codes; Compounding; Computers; Personnel, pharmacy; Pharmacists; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Quality assurance; Technology; Telepharmacy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DILUENT;

ARTICLE; BAR CODE TECHNOLOGY; CAMERA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG LABELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STORAGE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHARMACY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG PACKAGING; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK; STANDARD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG PACKAGING; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICATION ERRORS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACISTS' AIDES; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK; SOFTWARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 70349252040     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp080388     Document Type: Article

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