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Errors with Barcode Medication Administration Erin Graham West Texas Aamp;M October 02, 2012 Abstract Medication errors are among the most significant cause of patient injury in all types of medical errors (Johnson, Carlson, Tucker, amp; Willette, n.d). In the nursing profession, medication administration errors occur 34% of the time, second only to physician ordering errors (Gooder, 2011). The introduction of information technology, such as the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA), offers new opportunities for reducing medication administration errors. BCMA was developed by the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in 1998 to help improve the documentation of medication administration, decrease medication errors and provide†¦show more content†¦The nurse must verify the physician’s medication order, including the dose and time, and then the pharmacy is responsible for their own checks and balances via the BCMA system in order to complete the dispensing phase of the medication (Gooder, 2011). The nurse enters the BCMA system with a login and password and is able then to see a list of the virtual due list for a specific patient. The computer on wheels is then taken to that patient’s room and the five rights of medication administration begin. As nurses, we are taught to use the five rights of drug administration are (1) right patient (2) right medication (3) right dose (4) right route and (5) right time. By scanning the barcode on the patient’s hospital identification band, the nurse then asks for the patient to verbally state their name and date of birth, which can be verified by the nurse on the virtual due list and then choses the medication that are due for administration at that time. The medication is dispensed and the nurse is able to scan the barcode on the medication, the scanning triggers the automatic documentation of the medication given (Kelly, 2012). According to pharmacist T. Perryman, the errors he sees the most in the pharmacy setting â€Å"occurs when hospital made barcodes are being added to the medication rather than the medication having factory barcodes already present.† The process of standardizing all pharmaceutical drugShow MoreRelatedBar Code Medication Administration ( Bcma ) Coordinator At The Va Southern Nevada Healthcare System975 Words   |  4 Pagescapabilities impressed me and asked her five questions in person, in order to gain her insightful information of what I will be facing during these next few months. Career Overview My co-worker in question is the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) Coordinator at the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System (VA for short). She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at University of Alaska, Anchorage in 2010 and as a result, has been working as a nurse for five years. 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(Sands, SlebodnikRead MoreThe For Nursing And Allied Health Literature ( Cinahl )831 Words   |  4 PagesWilliams (2014) conducted a study which implemented BCMA and eMAR system in community hospitals. The authors provide a convincing argument outlining the risk to the patient due to medication errors and a proposed interventions. The study’s purpose was to evaluate the effects of BCMA-eMAR on the rate of medication errors. The authors stated that â€Å"a pretest-posttest nonequivalent comparison group designs was used to investigate the effect of BCMA used in conjunction with an eMAR on the rate of medicationRead MoreResearch Report On Informatics Guest Speaker978 Words   |  4 Pagesmachines can work together. 2 In your experience, does BCMA improve client safety? Bar code medication administration system is not currently in use at her clinics, do to the fact they do not have a Pyxis or similar type of machine and that their formula of medications in which they can give it limited. They also do not dispense any type of narcotics. 3 How many errors have you heard about that BCMA has prevented? Since they do not use the BCMA systems she, is not able to apply this answer this questionRead MoreComparing Informatics And Clinical Informatics866 Words   |  4 Pagesright information downloaded into the smart pump (Harrison Peacock, 2015). Another example my facility has used to improve patient care by implementing barcode medication administration (BCMA). BCMA systems have been shown to decrease medication errors (Staggers, Iribarren, Guo, Weir, 2015). The use of the BCMA links the patient’s identification band to the electronic medication record. Once the patient’s band is scanned and the nurse asks the patient her three identifiers to ensure this is the