TechValidate Research on Pharmacy Labels

97% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said labeling errors are a concern in their organization.

94% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said medication errors are a concern in their organization.

63% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said they’ve experienced unscannable barcodes on medication labels.

89% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said identification errors are a concern in their organization.

89% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said HIPAA compliance is a concern in their organization.

80% of surveyed hospital pharmacies are likely to recommend PDC Pharmacy Labels.

70% of hospital pharmacy professionals said they have no preference for which type of core their pharmacy labels use.

74% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said reducing costs is currently a top priority for their facility.

77% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said improving patient safety is currently a top priority for their facility.

46% of surveyed inpatient pharmacies said the top reason their pharmacy experienced medication labeling errors was because their barcode didn’t scan correctly.

51% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said it is critical that they purchase labels and pharmacy supplies on a GPO contract.

80% of surveyed hospital pharmacy professionals said the pharmacy is responsible for purchasing their own labels and similar supplies.

24% of surveyed pharmacies stated a need to moderately improve on medication labeling errors.

58% of surveyed pharmacies stated a need to moderately improve on pharmacy & nurse communication.

40% of surveyed hospital pharmacies stated the need to improve on medication errors.

94% of surveyed pharmacies find medication errors to be of some concern for their pharmacy.