LAS VEGAS—Standardizing anesthesia trays using radio- frequency identification (RFID) tags can reduce medication errors in the operating room while also providing robust OR data collection, according to Adam Trimble, PharmD, a clinical pharmacy manager at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, in Columbus.
An assessment of medications in anesthesia trays found variability across the 12-hospital system, which has more than 200 ORs. “We found medication