Reduce Medication Dispensing & Administration Errors With Bar Code Labeling

According to the FDA, approximately 1.3 million Americans a year are killed or injured due to medication errors. Many of these preventable mistakes are caused by incorrect medication dispensing and administration, often due to mislabeled packaging.

Multiple regulatory agencies have initiated a bar code coding requirement for medication to reduce these errors and improve patient safety. The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals require bar code labeling of all medications and containers where medicines and supplies are set up.

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