Barcode medication scanning for rooms without computers

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Beth Willis
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Barcode medication scanning for rooms without computers

For those of you that do not have built-in computers in your patient rooms and that use a computer-on-wheels for barcode scanning during medication administration - how are your nurses handling medication administration for COVID-19 patients? Are they expected to bring the computer into the room and then completely disinfect the workstation before further use? If so - have you seen a drop in scanning compliance or any unsafe workarounds?

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