The backbone of medication administration is the "5 Rs" -- right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and right time. The "5 rights" of medication administration have traditionally formed ...

We defined a "prevented medication administration error" as one where the user ceases administration of a dose after receiving a BPOC system warning and where one of the five rights of medication ...

Right Time. In many cases, medications need to be administered at a certain time depending on other medicine they’re taking, when they eat meals, when they’ve last taken the medication, etc.

Reducing medication errors in in-patient hospital settings by implementing the barcode medication administration technology. Presented at: DNPS of Color; October 19-22, 2023; Washington, DC. More ...