Automating Medicine Administration on the Wards
Case Study - Delivering patient safety by ensuring what is prescribed is what is administered to the patient
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Site
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
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Equipment
ADC XT Series
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Department
A mixture of ward settings
Context
The Trust took the decision to integrate Omnicell’s ward-based systems with their EPMA system on all of the wards except the emergency department which doesn’t currently have EPMA. The key driver to integrate both systems was reducing stock holding levels, improving safety and freeing up nurse time.
Challenges
- Reduce medication restock of errors
- Save time on manual tasks
- Reduce need for multiple keys
- Save nurse time
Benefits
Elimination of top-up visits
The cabinets now allow the pharmacy order process to now only consist of auto-generated top-up lists.
Nursing time savings
The reduction of time spend on accesing and selecting medication allow nurses to return to face-to-face patient care.
This is a significantly better and safer way of dealing with ward medicines. The risk to patient safety is lower as we have reduced our dependence on manual processes. It provides a safety net, reduces the risk of products being wrongly selected and near misses.
Spending More Time for Patient Care
Omnicell's automated dispensing cabinets improved patient safety, reduce stock holding and allowed more time for nurses to spend on face to face care.
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Nursing Time Savings
1 Minute per Transation
It has reduced the amount of time that pharmacy assistants spend on the ward doing manual top ups and saved time on accessing and selecting medicines.
Save Time to Patient Care
This free time will now be used on more patient facing roles like helping to co-ordinate discharge processes to free up bed space and talking to patients about their medicines.
Improved Patient Safety
The patients are not waiting for long periods of time for the medication they need to get better or to manage their condition effectively.
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