Strategies being used at my facility including ensuring that the bar code is not imprinted elsewhere, such as on patient labels; staff education; direct observation of nursing staff during med passes. Sharon
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Leigh Shipper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Please post responses. > Thanks > Leigh > > Leigh Shipper > Beaufort Memorial Hospital > Sr Systems Analyst > 843-522-7904 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Judy Hill > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:47 PM > To: Meditech List > Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Positive patient ID and BMV > > Hi, > > If you already have policies in place for scanning patient wristbands > for point of care testing or medication administration, how are you > making sure users are actually scanning the wristbands? We would like > to prevent users from scanning a barcode found on some paper > documentation rather actually using the wristbands. > > We're preparing for BMV but are already scanning for point of care, with > some users finding ways to get around scanning wristbands. > > > Thanks for your help, > > Judy Hill > Bellin Health > Green Bay, WI > > > > > ====================================== > All messages should be posted in plain text. > HTML will be converted to attachments. > > The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ______________________________________ > meditech-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l > > > > > ====================================== > All messages should be posted in plain text. > HTML will be converted to attachments. > > The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com > ______________________________________ > meditech-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
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