Table 4 Use of Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs) with the user’s own identification, use of a barcode and recording the removal of a medicine in the Anaesthesia and Surgical Unit (OR, n = 52) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU, n = 29). Data are number of cases (percentage)
From: Nurses´ perceptions of automated dispensing cabinets – an observational study and an online survey
In how many cases out of ten | Number of cases out of ten | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0–2 | 3–5 | 6–8 | 9–10 | |||||
OR | ICU | OR | ICU | OR | ICU | OR | ICU | |
You are logged in with your own identification when you use the ADC? | 19 (37) | 0 (0) | 10 (19) | 0 (0) | 3 (6) | 8 (28) | 20 (38) | 21 (72) |
You use the barcode when you take a medicine from the ADC? | 25 (48) | 3 (10) | 9 (17) | 4 (14) | 13 (25) | 14 (48) | 5 (10) | 8 (28) |
You record the removal of a medicine? | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (6) | 1 (3) | 49 (94) | 28 (97) |