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Mistake Proofing for Lean Healthcare
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Mistake Proofing for Lean Healthcare

by MD Carlson
July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
111 pages
3h 27m
English
Productivity Press
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CHAPTER 6
6.3.7 Shrink-Wrapping on Dangerous Medications
Figure6.12 shows an example that combines visual and tactile
cues in a contact or identication poka-yoke. Medications
that can cause paralysis are shrink-wrapped with a bright red
cover. This poka-yoke visually alerts the person administer-
ing the medication that it is dangerous. It also requires the
person to physically remove the label, a tactile signal that
takes time to perform and is even more difcult to overlook.
Other ways to prevent medication confusion include bar
coding as well as using labels to clearly distinguish the
names of look-alike or sound-alike drugs (e.g., cefT
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