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1928139

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
A pilot project in which pharmacy technicians were trained to check unit dose cassettes filled by other technicians is described. With the approval of the state board of pharmacy, the Minnesota Society of Hospital Pharmacists (MSHP) conducted the nine-month project in three hospitals with different types of unit dose drug distribution systems. Twenty-seven technicians underwent didactic and practical training and were then validated as checkers if they scored 99.8% accuracy in checking carts into which errors had been deliberately introduced by the pharmacist auditor. The performance of validated technicians was audited monthly, and failed audits had to be repeated. Participating technicians did not check the preparation of first doses or extemporaneously prepared doses. In 100,000 doses audited, 60 errors by the validated checkers were identified. Of six technicians who failed a monthly audit, five passed a repeat audit. Pharmacists at the participating hospitals documented time they spent on clinical activities that would have been spent checking cassettes. In December 1990 a one-year extension of the project, expanded to 10 hospitals, began. With strict quality control measures, specially selected and trained pharmacy technicians performed unit dose cassette checking with an accuracy of at least 99.94%.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9289
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1952-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Checking of unit dose cassettes by pharmacy technicians at three Minnesota hospitals.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Services, University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis 55455.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't