Which of the following increases accuracy and patient safety?
Polypharmacy
Understaffing
Trackballs
Bar-coding
Bar-coding
Rationale: Bar-coding increases accuracy and patient safety. Polypharmacy and understaffing may impact accuracy and patient safety, and trackballs have little relation to either.
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