...Churchill, MS; Nirali Patel, PharmD; Erica Featherstone, BS; Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol A. Keohane, BSN, RN; Anthony D. Whittemore, MD; David W. Bates, MD, MSc; and Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH Background: Many dispensing errors made in hospital pharmacies can harm patients. Some hospitals are investing in bar code technology to reduce these errors, but data about its efficacy are limited. Objective: To evaluate whether implementation of bar code technology reduced dispensing errors and potential adverse drug events (ADEs). Design: Before-and-after study using direct observations. Setting: Hospital pharmacy at a 735-bed tertiary care academic medical center. Intervention: A bar code–assisted dispensing system was implemented in 3 configurations. In 2 configurations, all doses were scanned once during the dispensing process. In the third configuration, only 1 dose was scanned if several doses of the same medication were being dispensed. Measurements: Target dispensing errors, defined as dispensing errors that bar code technology was designed to address, and target potential ADEs, defined as target dispensing errors that can harm patients. Results: In the pre– and post–bar code implementation periods, the authors observed 115 164 and 253 984 dispensed medication doses, respectively. Overall, the rates of target potential ADEs and all potential ADEs decreased by 74% and 63%, respectively. Of the 3 configurations of bar code technology studied, the 2 configurations that required...
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...fferem eountries. A strategic goal is 10 help improve {he e lwironmem wh ile increasing revenues and reducing eOSL'. Thc En vironlllelHal Teehnologics Program just started , and the VP of OperatiOns, Natalie, is the program sponsor. 110 is the program manager, and there is a steering committee lll ade up of !en !iCn ior execmh"es, including Copyright 2010 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied. scanned. or duplicated. in whole or in pan. C.2 Appendix C Natalie. overseeillg {he program. There arc several projects undcTIlcmh {his program, olle being the Greell Computing Hcscarch Project , The CIO and projcC! sponsor. Be ll, has givell this project high priority and plans {() hold special imcr"icws to hand -pick (he project manager and team. Bell is aL~o a memher of {he program sleeTing commincc. Be fore coming to We Are mg, Inc., Be ll sponsored a project at a large eom pmcr firm to imprOl'c d ata cemcr efficiency. This projcct , however, is much broader thall tim! one was. The main purpose o f the GrL'e1l COmputing Hcscarch Project is ({) research possible applicatiolls o f green L'()lllptHing including: Data cen ter and {wcrall e nergy dficicllcy The d isposal o f clcc!Ton ic WlISIe and recycling Telecommuting Virtua!iz;1tioll of server resourccs Thill dicm solmiolls u,," of 01"''' "oun.,,, ""flw"r", "",.1 Dcvelopmcm o f IlCW software 10 addrcss green computing for imcrnal use alld pOlelltial sale 10 mher orgall izatiolls Thc budgel for [he...
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...[pic] Ministry/Agency Name [Complete file/properties to populate fields on this page and in the document headers] Project Name Project #: Business Requirements Document (BRD) Template Prepared by: Author's Name Prepared for: Date Submitted: [Date] Project Sponsor: Project Sponsor's Name Client Acceptor: Project Manager: Document Number: 6450-20/Project Number /BRD Security Classification: Low Version: 0.1 Last Updated: April 26, 2013 Creation Date: June 06, 2006 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 1. Introduction 4 1.1. Document Purpose 4 1.2. Intended Audience 4 1.3. Project Background 5 1.4. Purpose of the Business Requirements 5 1.5. Business Goals/Objectives to be achieved 6 1.6. Benefits/Rationale 6 1.7. Stakeholders 6 1.8. Dependencies on existing systems 6 1.9. References 6 1.10. Assumptions 6 2. Requirements Scope 7 2.1. In Scope 8 2.2. Out of Scope 8 3. Functional Requirements 8 3.1. Actor Profiles Specification 8 3.2. Essential Use Case Diagram 9 3.3. Essential Use Case Specifications 9 3.4. Function Hierarchy Diagram 11 3.5. Function Definition Report 11 3.6. Business Rules 12 4. Data Requirements 13 4.1. Data Architecture 13 4.1.1. Domain Class Diagram 13 ...
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...Decrease adverse drug events (ADEs) within our facility by increasing medication reconciliation at patient’s transfer into our facility to 90% within 6 months. TEAM MEMBERS AND ROLES Team Member Role/Importance Medical Director Acts as the sponsor of the project and provides accountability for the team members. Serves as the executive link providing resources and helping the team overcome barriers. He is also the team's clinical leader because he has the authority to implement the change and understands the implications of the proposed changes to the system. Pharmacist The pharmacist has technical expertise on drug therapy and can improve safety by identifying duplications in medication regime and possible medication interactions. Also serves to help review medications if a physician is not familiar with them. Registered Nurse Serves as a project driver by...
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...http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9728.html We ship printed books within 1 business day; personal PDFs are available immediately. To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System Linda T. Kohn, Janet M. Corrigan, and Molla S. Donaldson, Editors; Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine ISBN: 0-309-51563-7, 312 pages, 6 x 9, (2000) This PDF is available from the National Academies Press at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9728.html Visit the National Academies Press online, the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council: • Download hundreds of free books in PDF • Read thousands of books online for free • Explore our innovative research tools – try the “Research Dashboard” now! • Sign up to be notified when new books are published • Purchase printed books and selected PDF files Thank you for downloading this PDF. If you have comments, questions or just want more information about the books published by the National Academies Press, you may contact our customer service department tollfree at 888-624-8373, visit us online, or send an email to feedback@nap.edu. This book plus thousands more are available at http://www.nap.edu. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF File are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Distribution, posting, or copying...
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...Nature Got it Right Sustainability at Honest Tea Nature Got it Right Sustainability at Honest Tea Total Package Karen Kielb, Tim Richmond, Brian Robson, Jeff Smith, Stephanie Teasdale Karen Kielb, Tim Richmond, Brian Robson, Jeff Smith, Stephanie Teasdale OCTOBER, 2012 Total Package Karen Kielb, Tim Richmond, Brian Robson, Jeff Smith, Stephanie Teasdale Karen Kielb, Tim Richmond, Brian Robson, Jeff Smith, Stephanie Teasdale OCTOBER, 2012 All members of team Total Package participated equally in this project, through varying levels of research, pontification, and writing. All members of team Total Package participated equally in this project, through varying levels of research, pontification, and writing. I. Executive Summary Honesty is defined by Dictionary.com as “truthfulness, sincerity, and frankness”. It is the quality at the center of Seth Goldman’s idea for a beverage made with all natural ingredients. Teaming with Barry Nalebuff, Goldman began Honest Tea in 1997, creating a natural ready-to-drink tea sweetened with pure ingredients. Honest Tea utilizes Unruh & Ettison’s “accentuate” strategy throughout all aspects of their business, including manufacturing, packaging, shipping, and even promoting green initiatives in society (Unruh & Ettison, 2010). Honest Tea has positioned itself in the ready-to-drink tea industry based on points-of-difference such as the...
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...Implementation Guide for the Use of Bar Code Technology in Healthcare Sponsored by Implementation Guide for the Use of Bar Code Technology in Healthcare © 2003 HIMSS 230 E. Ohio St., Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60611 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, adapted, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. HIBCC ® and HIN® System are trademarks of the Health Industry Business Communications Council. ISBN: 0-9725371-2-0 Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Chapter 1: The Basics What is a bar code? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How can you benefit from bar coding? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...School Cafeteria Policy 1.0 POSITION STATEMENT ON NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN SCHOOLS Nutrition has a vast influence on a child’s development, health status, well-being and potential for learning. Schools are in a position to play an important role in ensuring that healthy eating patterns are promoted through classroom nutrition education coordinated with the promotion and the availability of healthy food choices. Establishment of a nutrition policy within the Waterloo Catholic District Secondary School system will facilitate the schools in achieving the following goals: Promote an environment that encourages and supports the development and maintenance of healthy eating habits. Provide standards/guidelines to ensure a variety of nutritious foods and beverages are available to students and staff that will enable them to make healthy food choices. This includes: cafeteria, vending machines, school tuck shops/stores, fundraising events, and refreshments served at celebrations and meetings. 2.0 RATIONALE The purpose of the nutrition policy is to ensure that a variety of nutritious foods and beverages are promoted and provided to students and staff. The environment is one of the most important indicators determining our success in making healthy food choices. Our goal is to create this healthy environment in all the secondary schools of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board. By reducing the quantity of foods of minimal nutritional value and calorie dense beverages...
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...1 LEADERSHIP IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF FRATERNITY OR SORORITY MEMBERSHIP ON COLLEGE STUDENTS LEADERS by Kharla Mae D. Brillo Feleycyl Joy Cruzada Angelo Jaiko Del Rosario Roevel Paul Quirao Jett P. Pastrana In partial fulfillment of the course requirements in Psychology 118 (Field Methods) Submitted to Mr. JOHNREV B. GUILARAN Division of Social Sciences College of Arts and Sciences University of the Philippines Visayas October 9, 2012 2 Leadership Identity Development: The Influence of Fraternity or Sorority Membership on College Student Leaders Fraternities and sororities began more than a century ago as relationship building organizations in which leadership development could be cultivated (Cory, 2011) but until recently, research found that fraternity and sorority membership may hinder student development and negatively impact the wellbeing of college students (Maisel, 1990; Wechsler, 1996). According to Kelly (2008) benefits of membership are realized by fraternity and sorority student leaders but struggled to refocus on their espoused values and mission: scholarship, service, leadership and relationships over the last several decades (Cory, 2011). Conversely, incidents of hazing, alcohol abuse, sexual assault, and substandard performance in the classroom, often overshadow the benefits of membership (Cory, 2011) suggesting that fraternal organizations have strayed from their traditional and founding values (Garret, n.d.; Maisel, 1990)...
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...Standard SPECIFICATION FOR PHOSPHOR BRONZE INGOTS AND CASTINGS ( Fourth Revision ) Copper and Copper Alloys Sectional Committee, Cha:rman DR L. R. VAIDYANATE Indian Copper Representing Development SMDC 11 Centre, Calcutta h4tmbrrJ SHSI D. DE SA~KAR ( Altrrnatc to Dr L. R. Vaidyanath ) Bralco Metal Industries Pvt Ltd. Bombay SHRI DEV KUYAR AWAKWAL SHHI RAJ KU~AR AWARWAL ( Altnnute ) Ministry of Defence ( DC1 )/DPI (N) SARI BACEITAR SIKWH SERI M. R. ACHARYA (Alternate) National Test House, Calcutta SH~I K. L. BARUI SHRI H. P. DUBEY ( Altnnatr ) Indian Telephone Industries Ltd. Bangalore SHRI J. NAOESH BRATT SEW A. R. SUKUIUARAN ( Akmatr ) Hindustan Cables Ltd, Burdwan SERIC.D. BHATTAOHAR~YA SHRX M. JHA ( Altcmat~ ) Raahtriya Metal Industries Ltd, Bombay SERI BALK~~HNA BINANI DB V. S. PATKAR ( Aftematr ) Hindustan Copper Ltd, Calcutta DR S. K. BISWAS Alcobex Metalr (P) Ltd, Jodhpur PROP A. D. BOHR A SHRI S.D.NARKEADE (Afternutr) NE0 Pipes & Tube Co Ltd, Calcutta SERI P. R. DHAR SHRl A. K. MITRA ( Alt#~t# ) Ministry of Finance ( India Government Mint ), Sn~r H. N. GUPTA Calcutta Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd SHRI A. V. HARNE SHRI N. MUKEOPADRYAY (Alternate I) SHR1K.N. WADHWA ( Altcrnatr 11) Saru Smelting Pvt Ltd, Meerut SHRI D. P. .JAIN KMA Ltd, Bombay SARI R. P. KESAN SARI A. H. SABHACE.+NDANI ( Altmutc j Vanaa Engineers (P) Ltd, Pune SHRI S. K. KHANDEKAR Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals, New SHRI DIPANKAR KIRTI Dt,lhi ( Continuedan page 2 ) Q Ciqyright 1986 ...
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...American Political Science Review Vol. 105, No. 1 February 2011 doi:10.1017/S0003055410000523 Bribes, Lobbying, and Development BARD HARSTAD Northwestern University JAKOB SVENSSON Stockholm University hen faced with a regulatory constraint, firms can either comply, bribe the regulator to get around the rule, or lobby the government to relax it. We analyze this choice, and its consequences, in a simple dynamic model. In equilibrium, when the level of development is low, firms are more inclined to bend the rule through bribery but they tend to switch to lobbying when the level of development is sufficiently high. Bribery, however, is associated with holdup problems, which discourage firms from investing. If the holdup problems are severe, firms will never invest enough to make lobbying worthwhile. The country may then be stuck in a poverty trap with bribery forever. The model can account for the common perception that bribery is relatively more common in poor countries, whereas lobbying is relatively more common in rich ones. In India, as elsewhere in the developing world, the old business of corruption is meeting a new rival: the Washington-style business of persuasion — –International Herald Tribune, May 31, 2006 ◦ W L obbying and corruption have been the subject of tremendous public interest and research. Surprisingly, these two means of influencing regulation have either been studied separately or viewed as basically being one and the same. The question of...
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...The Hong Kong Polytechnic University MGT682 Independent Studies Corruption in China: Effects on Economic Development and Remedial Policies Thomas Wu 02715615G August 6, 2003 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University MGT 682 Independent Studies Corruption and Bribery in China Thomas Wu 02715615G August 6, 2003 Table of Content RESEARCH PROPOSAL TOPIC.........................................................................................................3 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................3 OBJECTIVES AND HYPOT HESIS.......................................................................................................4 NATURE OF RESEARCH.....................................................................................................................5 RIVAL THEORIES.................................................................................................................................5 “GREASE-THE-WHEELS” THEORY .........................................................................................................5 MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUMS ......................................................................................................................7 LOGIC MODEL......................................................................................................................................8 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY..............................
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...International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment (2012) 1, 110[->0]– 124 Gulf Organisation for Research and Development International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment SciVerse ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com[->1] Studies on the indoor air quality of Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Malaysia Y.H. Yau ⇑?, B.T. Chew, A.Z.A. Saifullah Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Received 8 March 2012; accepted 26 July 2012 Abstract This study was conducted to determine the comfort conditions of Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Malaysia. Four laboratories were selected as investigation sites. The Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system of the laboratories must be designed for providing good indoor air quality (IAQ) to the workers in the laboratory and keeping the expensive equipment in good condition. For the investigations, a number of measurement equipments were used to obtain the IAQ data of the laboratories (i.e. dry bulb temperature, air humidity, air flow velocity, carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, etc.). Some random subjective assessments on the workers in the laboratories were made to acquire information on the workers such as their thermal comfort rating, activity level and their clothing con-ditions. In this study, air temperature for Laboratories 1, 3 and 4, are 22.38, 20.53 and 19.50 LC, respectively, slightly below the ASH-RAE recommended air temperature. Besides, the total volatile...
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...Danone Aqua | A Study on the Preferred Features of Bottled Water | What are the preferred features that consumers would consider in buying a certain bottled water brand? | | Maisha Chowdhury | 7/21/2014 | | 1 Introduction Consumers often buy bottled water, but what exactly are they thinking when they pick one brand over the other? We aim to conduct a study, with the aid of a questionnaire in order to find out these preferred features in a bottle of water. We will be doing this on behalf of Aqua. We have conducted a survey, by passing around a questionnaire in order to help answer our question. Following are our Research question, research objectives, research plan, implementation and interpretations of our findings as well as our conclusion and recommendations. 1.1 Problem definition and Development of research objectives On behalf of Aqua we would like to find out what are the preferred features that consumers would consider when buying bottled water. We would like to help Aqua find out what is liked by consumers so that the company can continue to improve upon their product and give the customers a better version of the product. Research Question: What are the preferred features that consumers would consider in buying a certain bottled water brand? The main objective in trying to find the preferred features that consumer would consider in buying a certain bottled water brand, is to recommend water company to focus and improve the features of their...
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...Signaling Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (DKKN) and Subsidiaries’ Performance and Investment Opportunities Through Financial Statement Analysis Anandita Ade Putri (29112476) Master of Business and Administration, Bandung Institute of Technology ABSTRACT: This paper reviews the financial statement analysis of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (DKKN) by the year 2012 and 2013, end March 31 in each year. And it reflects the firm’s underlying economic performance or opportunism. The financial statements are consist of balance sheet, income statement, non-GAAP reconciliations and statement of cash flows. This analysis starts with calculating liquidity ratios, debt ratios, profitability ratios and market ratios. By having the ratios, we can know the firm’s condition and what they should do to generate performance and conclude growth opportunities. As we know that Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (DKKN) is a franchised business model, we can also add some investment suggestion to future franchisees. Franchisees must have requirements to successfully run this kind of business. Food industry is one of business option that never goes wrong due to people daily needs to consume and eliminate hunger. Keywords: financial statement, analysis, performance, investment 1. Introduction Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (DKKN) is a company who serves quick service coffee, donuts, sandwiches and ice cream. The founder of Dunkin’ Donuts is Bill Rosenberg, has already had 100 locations by 1963. Dunkin’ Donuts...
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