Concurrent with the implementation of CPOE was the installation of a closed loop medication administration system including embedded clinical decision support, automated pharmacy robot dispensing, online medication administration documentation and bar code medication administration.
There are a range of potential sources of drug errors including documentation, calculation, preparation and administration errors.
Many administrators don't create network documentation and a network administration journal, and there are many cases when they face chaos when problems occur.
Errors were categorized into: Prescribing errors, transcription errors and administration documentation errors on the nurses' medication lists.
Prescribing errors were found 39 times (37%), transcription errors 56 times (53%), and administration documentation errors 10 times (10%).
Rose et al. [ 9] used a before and after design to evaluate the effectiveness of the introduction of C-POT in two ICUs, on the frequency of documentation of pain assessment and administration of analgesics and sedatives in critically ill patients unable to self-report pain.
It was also observed that the respondents perform other functions within the hospital environment such as drugs administration, documentation and cleaning depending on the department within the hospital environment during the work shift which lasts for a minimum of eight (8) hours per day.
However, the documentation and control of glutamine administration enterally is still insufficient, while parenterally provided glutamine is well documented.
In a laboratory user testing, eight nurses used the think-aloud method in a simulation of the preparation of medication dispensers and the validation and documentation of medication administration.
Seven cases related to dispensing, six to documentation, and four each to prescribing and administration.
