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Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital
INTRODUCTION: Informatics and automation are important tools for the reduction of work, errors and costs in a hospital pharmacy. OBJECTIVES: To describe the structuring and function of an informatized system for the dispensing of medications and to assess its effect on nursing and pharmacy services...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20454500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010000400011 |
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author | Serafim, Sônia Aparecida Dias Forster, Aldaisa Cassanho Simões, Maria Jacira Silva Penaforte, Thais Rodrigues |
author_facet | Serafim, Sônia Aparecida Dias Forster, Aldaisa Cassanho Simões, Maria Jacira Silva Penaforte, Thais Rodrigues |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Informatics and automation are important tools for the reduction of work, errors and costs in a hospital pharmacy. OBJECTIVES: To describe the structuring and function of an informatized system for the dispensing of medications and to assess its effect on nursing and pharmacy services during the period from 1997 to 2003. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this descriptive and retrospective study, we performed an analysis of documents addressing the structuring and implementation of the informatized medication dispensing system. In addition, we analyzed the perceptions of nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy assistants who participated in the structuring phase of the system when interviewed about the effect of informatization on administrative aspects (e.g., requisition of medications, presentation of the dispensed medication and system operationalization). RESULTS: The major advantages provided by the new system were 1) the elimination of manual transcripts for prescribed medications, 2) increased speed, 3) better identification of the doses prescribed by physicians, 4) medication labels containing all necessary identification and 5) practicality and safety of optical bar code-based verification of the requested and dispensed medications. CONCLUSIONS: The great majority of the interviewees considered the informatized medication supply system to be of good quality. Analysis of the data provided information that could contribute to the expansion and refinement of the system, provide support for studies regarding the utilization of medications and offer new perspectives for work and productivity. |
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spelling | pubmed-28626702010-05-07 Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital Serafim, Sônia Aparecida Dias Forster, Aldaisa Cassanho Simões, Maria Jacira Silva Penaforte, Thais Rodrigues Clinics (Sao Paulo) Clinical Sciences INTRODUCTION: Informatics and automation are important tools for the reduction of work, errors and costs in a hospital pharmacy. OBJECTIVES: To describe the structuring and function of an informatized system for the dispensing of medications and to assess its effect on nursing and pharmacy services during the period from 1997 to 2003. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this descriptive and retrospective study, we performed an analysis of documents addressing the structuring and implementation of the informatized medication dispensing system. In addition, we analyzed the perceptions of nurses, pharmacists and pharmacy assistants who participated in the structuring phase of the system when interviewed about the effect of informatization on administrative aspects (e.g., requisition of medications, presentation of the dispensed medication and system operationalization). RESULTS: The major advantages provided by the new system were 1) the elimination of manual transcripts for prescribed medications, 2) increased speed, 3) better identification of the doses prescribed by physicians, 4) medication labels containing all necessary identification and 5) practicality and safety of optical bar code-based verification of the requested and dispensed medications. CONCLUSIONS: The great majority of the interviewees considered the informatized medication supply system to be of good quality. Analysis of the data provided information that could contribute to the expansion and refinement of the system, provide support for studies regarding the utilization of medications and offer new perspectives for work and productivity. Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2010-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2862670/ /pubmed/20454500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010000400011 Text en Copyright © 2010 Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Sciences Serafim, Sônia Aparecida Dias Forster, Aldaisa Cassanho Simões, Maria Jacira Silva Penaforte, Thais Rodrigues Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
title | Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
title_full | Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
title_fullStr | Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
title_short | Assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
title_sort | assessment of informatization for the dispensing of medications at a university hospital |
topic | Clinical Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862670/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20454500 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322010000400011 |
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