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The VeriScan Rx Medication Administration System helps prevent medication errors at the patient bedside by delivering real-time medication order data, via a wireless network, to a handheld personal data assistant (PDA).
Capable of addressing all aspects of medication administration and lab specimen labeling through the use of BPOC and RFID technologies, the system provides nurses with the flexibility of preparing orders with up-to-the-minute medication administration data anywhere on the nursing unit.
Built-in integration with Hospira infusion systems that operate Hospira MedNet™ Software helps support 5-Rights Verification and confirms that pump programming is within hospital-defined limits.
Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, with hundreds of hours of input and analysis, the VeriScan Rx System offers the following:
- Efficient Workflow Process
- Bar Code and RFID Technology Support
- Automated Charting
- Error Checking and Process Improvement
Product Overview & Customer Testimonials
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Bar code point-of-care (BPOC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies are becoming increasingly adopted as the Point-of-Care Solutions of choice for hospitals that want to enhance patient safety and clinician workflow capabilities. These real-world approaches that link the hospital information system to the patient bedside help support the "5 Rights" of medication administration — that the right patient is receiving the right dose of the right drug at the right time via the right route — thereby minimizing the risk of medication errors, especially at the drug ordering and administration stages. Improved outcomes in bedside patient safety are what can result.
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Efficient Workflow Process
- Adapts medication administration process to Microsoft® Pocket PC® operating system, allowing hospitals to choose devices based on the needs of their users
- Provides support for a variety of scanner types—nurses can use a scanner that is integrated into the Pocket PC
- Sorts medication orders by meds due now, PRN orders, new orders, all orders and changes to orders, thereby continually providing up-to-date information to nurses
- Simplifies scanning process
- Decreases the number of steps required to program an infusion pump
- Virtually eliminates the need for manual infusion pump programming
- Helps support 5-Rights Verification
- Complements existing clinical practices
Bar Code and RFID Technology Support
- Supports bar-code scanning on user ID or patient wristband
- Utilizes patient identification and user sign-on to activate RFID by placing the PDA within approximately 3 inches of the user ID or patient wristband; the relevant data is automatically loaded into the hospital information system and then syncs with the Hospira infusion device to support 5-Rights Verification
- Enhances patient safety through the verification process
Automated Charting
- Saves valuable time for nurses by syncing the process of charting medications to the order entry system with delivery of medication at the patient bedside
- Helps to eliminate delays in charting medications
- Effects favorable patient safety outcomes: All clinicians that use the order entry system will have up-to-the-minute status on the administration of each patient's medications
Error Checking and Process Improvement
- Provides a robust set of audit trail reports on many aspects on the administration process
- Facilitates understanding of patterns in the process and highlights areas for improvement
The Hospira VeriScan Rx Medication Administration System delivers high initial adoption rates, since it enables healthcare providers to leverage existing technology investments to make a measurable impact on patient safety.
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