Importance of Barcodes in Bedside Medication Administration

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Ensuring the ‘Five Rights’ of patients is important for accurate bedside medication. Though the healthcare system in United States is one of the best in the world, medication errors are often reported. Medication errors are among the most frequent medical blunders, harming at least 1.5 million patients every year (According to The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies).

Barcodes ensures the ‘Five Rights’
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