Alexandra Hospital in Ingersoll is leading the way by being the first hospital in our region to bring the CLMA system into the emergency department
INGERSOLL - Alexandra Hospital in Ingersoll is once again leading the way when it comes to new technology in hospital care.
As part of the HUGO (Hospitals Under-Going Optimization) project, the hospital was the first of ten hospitals in our region to begin offering Close Looped Medication Administration in November of 2013, and now they have brought that system into the emergency department.
Director of Clinical Services Lori Smith says the system works using a series of barcodes: "Scanning the patient's armband, and verifying that you have the correct patient and the correct chart open, which takes you to a computer medication administration record. And then each medication is barcoded and scanned so it's given as ordered, at the right time, to the right patient, for the right reason, in the right dosage."
Smith says the CLMA system has seen a lot of success since it was first introduced. "We've reduced adverse events from medication errors in both the in-patient areas and the emergency department. It's just early in the process of the Emergency so we haven't actually done any follow-up audits yet, but we will be auditing to see that we've made a difference in the administration of our meds."
"It's really important for our patients to know that we are utilizing the latest technology to really support their care and ensure they are having the best care and the safest care," Smith says.
Alexandra Hospital's partner hospital Tillsonburg District Memorial is also bringing the technology into the emergency department as well.
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