Barcoding
unSUMMIT 2011 Presentation (#unSUM11)
By Jerry Fahrni on April 30, 2011
I uploaded the presentation I gave Thursday at the unSUMMIT in Louisville, Kentucky. You can see it below, although some of the slides came out a little rough when I uploaded it to slideshare. It looks like it may have something to do with the font I used. If I find time I’ll correct it […]
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Preparing for the unSUMMIT (#unSUM11)
By Jerry Fahrni on April 26, 2011
I’m sitting in a hotel bar in Louisville, Kentucky having a salad as I prepare to register for the unSUMMIT. This is the second year in a row I’ve made the trek to the unSUMMIT. I felt that the experience I had last year was definitely worth a second look. From the unSUMMIT website: Conventional […]
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FMEA and BCMA, two acronyms that work well together
By Jerry Fahrni on March 8, 2011
During my time as an IT pharmacist I was fortunate enough to be part of two Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) groups; one for CPOE and another for BCMA. The FMEA process is labor intensive and time consuming, but well worth the effort in my opinion. In both the CPOE and BCMA instances several […]
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BCMA Technology: Characterization of Med Triggers and Workarounds (Article)
By Jerry Fahrni on February 23, 2011
There’s an interesting article in the February 2011 issue of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy dealing with BCMA and what the author describes as “clinical workarounds”.1 Abstract BACKGROUND: Bar code medication administration (BCMA) technology is gaining acceptance for its ability to prevent medication administration errors. However, studies suggest that improper use of BCMA technology can yield […]
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More problematic barcodes
By Jerry Fahrni on October 12, 2010
Recently I’ve heard of hospitals having problems with barcodes on pre-mixed IV bags. The problem isn’t related to the legibility or quality of the barcodes, but rather the location and/or the information contained within the barcode itself.
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RFID still a solid alternative to barcoding
By Jerry Fahrni on October 5, 2010
There’s an interesting article in the most recent issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH) about the use of RFID technology in healthcare and what advantages it may offer over current barcoding technology. I’ve been interested in the use of RFID technology in healthcare for quite some time. I think there’s real value in […]
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Standardized Numerical Identifiers (SNIs), say what?
By Jerry Fahrni on September 29, 2010
A couple of weeks ago a friend and colleague shot me an email asking me if I’d heard about the new “pedigree stuff on barcoding”. I consider myself pretty well informed for the most part, but I had no idea what she was talking about. Upon further inquiry she sent me a PDF document titled […]
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Laser etched bar-code may help curb counterfeit drugs, among other uses
By Jerry Fahrni on September 1, 2010
One Nucleus: “The technique will allow faster identification and resolution of any manufacturing quality problems but will also prove invaluable as an anti-counterfeit measure because the specific coding and validation systems are almost impossible to copy. Currently most components within diagnostic kits, medical devices and other healthcare products and equipment are ‘stamped’ with a lot […]
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Automated unit-dose packagers for acute care pharmacy
By Jerry Fahrni on August 22, 2010
I was doing a little Sunday morning reading and came across an interesting set of slides at the Pharmacy Purchasing & Products (PPP) website (registration required to access the slides). I haven’t spent much time reading PPP Magazine, but I should because they always seem to have something good about pharmacy automation and technology in […]
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Quick Hit – A couple of interesting bar-coding tidbits
By Jerry Fahrni on July 7, 2010
There were a couple of things about bar-coding in the web-stream that caught my attention today. The first item was a tweet from @hospitalrx mentioning an application at USA.gov for the iPhone and Android OS that can be used to identify product recalls. The application is appropriately called Recalls.gov. Now, those recalls are right at […]
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