Adverse drug effects are a serious problem in hospital patient care [1]. The use of Enterprise Digital Assistants (=EDA) proved succesfull in HUS hospital pharmacy. The quality of order picking was better with EDAs. In 2018 75% of order rows and over 1 milloin packages in are picked with EDAs. There is a growing need for more detailed information of the medicines given to each patient. With EDAs this goal can be achieved cost effectively.
Keywords: Barcode Technology; Hospital Pharmacy; Medication Safety.