The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy has addressed this typing-in issue. We were required to add a symbol to the end of our user bar codes that is not typable on any keyboard. If you just type in the numbers, BMV will not accept it.
Kathy Craig, R.Ph. Licking Memorial Hospital Phone: 740-348-4542 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Miller Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 11:50 AM To: Kimberly Frick; [email protected]; Charlie Downs Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] BMV and Employee badges Maybe I'll get blasted for this reply, but here it goes anyway: I have no problem in using barcodes and armbands to identify patients. However, I think the concept of using barcodes for employee identification purposes in environments needing "security" is not a good idea. A barcode is nothing more than characters printed using a special font. If one knows what the barcode actually says, one can usually manually type the information into the field as a substitute. In other words, you don't actually need your badge if you know what your barcode contains. Here's something to think about that may be a little disturbing: If I know your employee number, I can "trick" any barcode system into thinking I'm you by mannually typing in your number. So if I "borrow" your employee badge for just a few seconds in the proximity of a barcode scanner, I can theoretically steal your work identity by finding out what your barcode contains. Here's a test: open Notepad, then scan your badge. Now you'll know what your badge's barcode has in it. Mine has my employee number with leading zeros padding it out to 10 characters. We have another badge for use with Pyxis PARx. That barcode says (U)AMILLER. If I forget my badges, I can get by, once I get into the pharmacy (our employee badge also has a RFID strip that unlocks the door). So, if barcodes are not good for employees, what should we be looking at? I guess RFID is the next big thing. It would require proximity of the badge to work. Ostensibly, a device with a RFID reader could know who you are as soon as your badge gets within RF range and you could streamline any signon and verification processes. Alan Miller, RPh Catawba Valley Medical Center Hickory, NC 28602 >>> "Kimberly Frick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/02/2007 12:56 PM >>> Our policy is: If an employee has forgotten their badge, they are supposed to go home and get it. If the barcode on the badge for some reason won't scan, the employee is to take the badge to the Pharmacy (after hours). The pharmacist verifies that the badge won't scan and will give the user a "dummy badge" to use until they can get a replacement. Then the pharmacist will call the IT on call person to associate the dummy badge to the user. During business hours, the user will call the IT department to fix the problem. Kim Frick, RN Project Coordinator Licking Memorial Health Systems Phone: 740-348-4114 Fax: 740-348-4769 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LMHealth.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charlie Downs Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] BMV and Employee badges How does your organization handle the problem below with forgotten badges? What features does Meditech have to address this issue? We are not e-MAR/BMV yet, but I thought that this was an interesting question. Thanks, Charlie Charles Downs Pharm.D. Washington County Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy 251 E. Antietam Street Hagerstown, MD, 21740 301-790-8904 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seger, Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pharmacy_Informatics_Grp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: RE: [pharmacy_informatics_grp] BMV and Employee badges Terry, It sound the idea of a duplicate might be good on the surface, but might lead to workarounds (such as nurses carrying copies of medication barcodes). When we do pharmacist verification of medications that techs fill, we have the ability to use our computer key instead of a bar code on a badge. I am not certain that this would work at you site, just a thought. 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