Question

What are the legal, privacy, and ethical considerations of Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA)?

Answer 1

Ans-

Bar code medication administration (BCMA) is a bar code system designed by the Glenna Sue Kinnick to prevent medication errors in healthcare systemm.it beneficial to improve the quality and safety of the medication administration.

This method having work by scanning the both medication barcode and the Patient wrist bands scan.this is method used to give right medication to right dose to a right Patient in a a right way at right time.

Privacy-

BCMA is useful but also having chances of error. This system is private.depends on password.where the operator having knowledge and experience of his work and protect with password so miss use is Avoided.

This system doesn't give the privacy.

Legal-this is legal system.where chance of error reduce but need of extra trianing is needed.the operatior should be need to done his trianing to know all the system.

Ethical-Improves safety in the medication use process.

Decreases the chance of patient harm

Frees caregiver’s time for direct patient care activities.

Automatically documents medication administration.

Confirms the 5 rights during medication administration.