Electronic inventory systems and barcode technology: Impact on pharmacy technical accuracy and error liability

Hospital Pharmacy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-41

  Oldland, Alan ^a,b   Golightly, Larry ^a,b   May, Sondra ^a,b   Barber, Gerard ^a,b   Stolpman, Nancy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

barcode technology; electronic inventory; error rate; pharmacy; technician

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BARCODE TECHNOLOGY; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC INVENTORY SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; ERROR; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OBSERVATION; PACKAGING; PHARMACIST; STAFF TRAINING; STORAGE; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84921292096     PISSN: 00185787     EISSN: 19451253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hpj5001-034     Document Type: Article

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