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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
11
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1990-1-5
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The effect of a bar-code system on personnel time requirements and data-entry accuracy in an existing automated controlled substances inventory system was determined. In the previous system, technicians used a keyboard and alphanumeric codes to enter into the computer data about the physical transfer of controlled substances among hospital areas. A system for barcode data entry was adapted for use with the existing procedure. After learning to use the bar-code system, four experienced technicians entered data by the keyboard method for eight days and the bar-code method for eight days during a 32-day study period. The amount of time required to enter all transactions and the accuracy of data entry were measured. Mean data-entry times for the keyboard and bar-code methods were not significantly different, most likely because of the greater number of manipulations needed for bar-code data entry. The mean percentage error associated with the bar-code method (0.79%) was significantly less than the error associated with the keyboard method (1.53%). For this particular computer system in which bar-code data entry was adapted to existing procedures, use of bar codes to enter controlled substances inventory data was not substantially faster but was more accurate than a traditional key-board data-entry method.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Nov
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9289
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
46
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
2304-7
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2000-12-18
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Automatic Data Processing,
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Drug and Narcotic Control,
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Inventories, Hospital,
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Kansas,
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Narcotics,
pubmed-meshheading:2589348-Pharmacy Service, Hospital
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| pubmed:year |
1989
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Accuracy and time requirements of a bar-code inventory system for controlled substances.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA 01604.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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