Development of the Leapfrog Group’s Bar Code Medication Administration Standard to Address Hospital Inpatient Medication Safety

This article describes the process of developing, testing, and refining a standard for BCMA adoption and use in U.S. hospitals, as measured through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey. Building on the published literature and an expert panel’s collective experience in studying, implementing, and using BCMA systems, the expert panel recommended a standard with 4 key domains. Leapfrog’s BCMA standard provides hospitals with a “how-to guide” on what best practice looks like for using BCMA to ensure safe medication administration at the bedside.

Source: Journal of Patient Safety - August 23, 2022 Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research