The IMPROVE Study-IMPact of a Regulated ADC System
Completed
Conditions studied: Medication Administered in Error, Medication Compliance
In brief
An automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) is a computerized drug storage device or cabinet designed for hospitals. ADCs allow medications to be stored and dispensed near the point of care while controlling and tracking drug distribution.This study seeks to obtain quantitative measurements of the impact of the regulated ADC System installed in select high volume units throughout the hospital.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02228694
- Run by
- Hackensack Meridian Health
- People needed
- 120
- Starts
- 2014-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-17
Who can join
Age: 22 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Subjects treated at study site in units where regulated ADC System was installed where greater number of medications is administered due to patient volume per nurse assignment or where greater throughput occurs
- Time-sensitive scheduled medications administered on units where administration includes the use of the medication label printer
- Piperacillin and tazobactam for injection, USP (United States Pharmacopeia)
- All IV antibiotics
- Insulin
- Heparin
You may not qualify if…
- Medication administration data prior to January 1, 2013;
- Medication administration data after March 31, 2013 through December 31, 2013;
- Medication administration data after March 31, 2014.
Where it is running
- Hackensack University Medical center — Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
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