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The Hořovice Hospital together with the hospital pharmacy is introducing a new project for the registration of medicines.

24. 9. 2014

The Hořovice Hospital as a modern workplace is developing a new project of recording medicines in inpatient wards directly to the patient. The management of the hospital hopes that the introduction of this project will not only save money and improve the monitoring of the movement of medicines, but also increase the safety of hospitalized patients.


24.9.2014

"Every medicine in the pharmacy receives an unmistakable barcode that uniquely identifies the medicine package. Through this unique marking, the name of the drug, the batch and the expiry date can be immediately identified. In this way, it is possible to know in which department and to which patient the medicine was dispensed", describes the course of the planned project Tomáš Veverka, head pharmacist.

The medicine will then be identified by a barcode scanner on the ward when dispensed and dispensed directly to the patient identified in the same way. The result is a clear record of what medicine was administered, when and to whom. "In this way, records are more accurate, savings are made and the stock of medicines in each department of the hospital is optimised. The records of medicines with a short expiry date will be improved and, last but not least, the financial cost of each patient's treatment will be accurately reflected," explains Tomas Petsinis, the hospital's operational and technical deputy and co-author of the project.

The hospital expects that the new project will bring savings, because thanks to the accurate information on stock, unused medicines that would normally expire can be offered for use by other departments. Furthermore, the control of storage and retention of medicines will be simplified and improved. "From borrowing or transferring medicines between departments, it will be easier to see what stock exists in each department. This makes it possible to offer medicines to another department. We also want to achieve an optimization of the ongoing stock, states Tomas Petsinis.

In addition to simplifying the financial stock and tracking the transfer of medicines between departments, the cost per patient will also be quantified more accurately. This will prevent the "disappearance" of medicines and, above all, improve the control of each patient's medication. In the opinion of the management of Hořovice Hospital, the new project will lead to an increase in patient safety and to a reduction in possible confusion of medicines.