Medical Errors Reduction Initiative

Abstract

The Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, New Jersey, is proposing to extend a limited but highly successful specimen management and medication administration medical errors reduction initiative on a hospital-wide basis. The program designed to reduce specimen collection errors at The Valley Hospital is rooted in utilization of bar-code technology in tandem with the use of handheld personal data terminals to create a positive identification system at the point of care. The system is currently implemented in five patient care units and working with great success to minimize error.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434822

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Mutter

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Availability
  • Bar Codes
  • Blood Transfusions
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Laptop Computers
  • Mobile Devices
  • Monitoring
  • Patient Care
  • Personal Computers
  • Point-Of-Care Diagnostic Testing
  • Security
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
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