Impact of Medication Storage Cabinets on Efficient Delivery of Medication and Employee Frustration
Abstract
This prospective study examined the impact of medication cabinets installed outside patient rooms on nursing and pharmacy workflow. Storing medications and supplies outside patient rooms decreased nursing visits to the automated medication dispensing system, and nurses also reported fewer episodes waiting to access the system when it was busy. Benefits of this study include the ability to demonstrate the impact of medication cabinets on the medication storage and delivery process, prior to housewide implementation.
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Medication management was complicated by user-related challenges.
“Medication management was also complicated by user-related challenges.”
From Benefits and challenges associated with implementation and ongoing use of automated dispensing cabinet for medicines: A scoping review (2025) · cites this paper as [30]
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Jung, Y. Y., Walsh, Á., Patel, J., & Lai, K. (2025) · Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy · doi:10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100599 · Cited by 7 · see citing works
“30 Moreover, Alzahrani et al. identified challenges faced by pharmacy technicians before, during, and after introduction of a decentralised ADC medication distribution.”
- Authors
- Hull, T., Czirr, L., & Wilson, M.
- Affiliations
- Kootenai Medical Center (US)
- ORCID
- Wilson, Marian
- Venue
- Journal of Nursing Care Quality
- Published
- 2010-10
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 352-357
- ISSN
- 1057-3631 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2024678553
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Nursing Care Quality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Research and Theory › Nursing education and management
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs
- Keywords
- medication delivery, nursing workflow, pharmacy workflow, drug storage, hospital pharmacy
- MeSH terms
- Automation, Drug Storage, Humans, Medication Systems, Hospital, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Pharmacy Service, Hospital, Pilot Projects, Prospective Studies, Stress, Psychological, United States, Workload, Efficiency, Organizational
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