Equipment

Charm
Imagine being diagnosed with cancer and receiving incorrect treatment due to a therapeutic mishap. The introduction of the Charm Software System to the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide provides electronic prescribing of chemotherapy drugs. Most therapeutic mishaps in oncology relate to incorrect prescribing or administering. While regular education goes a long way towards reducing errors, the electronic prescribing system takes out some of the human factor and further reduces the chance of error. Kids Cancer Research Trust has recently approved funding for the maintenance and support of the Charm System, for the Women's & Children's Hospital. The Peadeatric- Oncology department is currently working through logistical requirements to have the system installed in the near future.

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