Access Patient Labeling and Reporting System - Safeguard Patients’ Wellbeing and Reduce Litigation Risk
Access can help your hospital avoid errors that jeopardize patient safety in the obstetrics (OB) department.
Our medication and specimen barcoding solution, powered by Access Patient Labeling and Reporting System (PLRS), supports bedside medication verification (BMV) and electronic medication administration (eMAR) systems to further support safety initiatives through positive patient identification (PPID).
When an order comes into an eMAR system, Access PLRS automatically outputs barcoded labels for the medication container/s. Before administering medication to babies or mothers, nurses simply scan the patient’s barcoded wristband or ankle band and then the medication label to ensure a positive match.
The Access solution can also be used for outputting barcoded labels for specimens, vital signs and other items collected at mothers’ and newborns’ bedsides. Automated barcoding is a huge time-saver that enables clinical staff to focus on the most important part of their jobs – providing quality care to your most vulnerable patients.
Access’s medication and specimen barcoding solution works with virtually any output device, including thermal printers. This helps facilities experience the increased patient safety and elevated productivity associated with barcoded labeling of medications, while avoiding the cost of replacement hardware that other systems require.
Benefits of Access’s intelligent barcoding solutions include:
- Enhance the safety of newborns and mothers
- Eliminate identification and dispensing errors and manual indexing mistakes
- Advance your EHR initiative
- Boost productivity by eliminating manual tasks
- Reduce litigation risk
“With Access’s PLRS nurses use barcoded labels when administering medication, to ensure they’re matching the correct patient with the correct medication. It eliminates errors because they’re performing verification right at the patient’s bedside.”
Vicki Wittmer
Systems Analyst
Mercy Medical Center