How does a BCMA system improve safety?

• A. Scans patient and medication to verify the match, reducing wrong-patient and wrong-drug administration.
• B. Replaces need for nursing staff entirely.
• C. Only checks expiry date.
• D. Increases time required for administration with no safety benefits.

Answer: (C)

BCMA systems improve safety by verifying the right patient, the right medication, and the right dose before it is given. It works by scanning the patient’s ID and the medication barcode and cross-checking them against the prescribed order. If anything doesn’t match, the system alerts and stops administration, preventing wrong-patient and wrong-drug errors. It can also confirm expiration and other drug details, but the essential benefit is this real-time verification that catches mismatches before they reach the patient. It doesn’t replace nursing staff, and while the scanning step adds a small extra action, the safety improvements are the core purpose.