AcuDose-Rx Users Experience Improved Patient Care, Reduced
Pharmacy Turnaround Times, Tighter Medication Security
Aultman Hospital
Canton, OH
Aultman Hospital is an independent
community teaching hospital in Canton,
Ohio utilizing a centralized pharmacy...
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AcuDose-Rx Users Experience Improved Patient Care, Reduced
Pharmacy Turnaround Times, Tighter Medication Security
Aultman Hospital
Canton, OH
Aultman Hospital is an independent
community teaching hospital in Canton,
Ohio utilizing a centralized pharmacy
model.
“Spatial constraints dictate how we
operate,” said Jim Toohey, Aultman’s
director of pharmacy.
“We have a really
long hallway configuration and needed
to minimize nurses traveling to cabinets.
The AcuDose-Rx cabinets give us sufficient
capacity, and because we restock the
cabinets once a day, the filling process is
now quite efficient.
We’ve also improved
efficiencies and met legal requirements
in our dispensing process with the use of
the FastEntry™ biometrics finger swipe
device.
”
Aultman Staff Nurse Tammie Albrecht,
RN, PCCN, finds that the new cabinets
have improved patient safety.
“In our old
system, there were three or four different
meds in a single drawer that would pop
open.
Our AcuDose-Rx cabinets feature
high-ca
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