Brian, Regarding moving the scanner from room to room: Even though it is wireless, it is "paired" to the base of the computer in the other room. It would be unwieldy to attempt to use the same scanner with another computer.
Regarding waking the patient up: In my humble opinion it is not best practice to slip into a room and administer meds to the patient without waking them up. Part of ID'ing the patient is to compare what you see on the arm band with what they say, i.e. their name, DOB or whatever. The computer is a double check, not the only way of ID'ing the patient. If you killed a patient in their sleep with the wrong med, would it be an acceptable defense that there was a computer glitch and it read the wrong RFID chip and allowed me to give that med??? Daniel Davis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Golden Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MEDITECH-L] BMV and wireles scanners I think I've seen this question before, but not the reply: For those of you using wireless scanners: Does the nurse carry one from room to room, or is each scanner "restricted" to one PC? If the nurse carries one from room to room, what happens if two nurses are in two (nearby) rooms, each trying to document at the same time? A second question for all BMV users: Do you have to wake the patient up to scan the wrist band, when administering IV meds (main line, IVPB, pushes, etc.)? Has anyone found an inexpensive scanner that reads barcodes and RFID (RFID for the patient, and barcodes for the meds)? Thanks, Brian Brian Golden, RN Southeast Missouri Hospital 1701 Lacey St. Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l_mtusers.com To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit and add information to the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l_mtusers.com =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l_mtusers.com To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit and add information to the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list [email protected] http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l_mtusers.com
