Barcodes on Labels

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Sarah Stephens
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Barcodes on Labels

This question is specific to Cerner hospitals. Patient specific labels have a barcode, which is great for compounded products where there is not a manufacturer barcode to scan during BCMA. However, on items were the manufacturer barcode should be used (unit dose, premix etc) the pt label can still be scanned. This makes mislabeling particularly risky if the label barcode is used rather than the drug product barcode. We are told by the vendor that it is not possible to remove the label barcode or differentiate products in the system that need them (or do not need them). I wondered if other Cerner users have run into this situation, if the vendor provided a different system solution, and if not, what has your institution done to mitigate this risk.

Thank you!
Sarah