ADC Insights From ASHP Midyear

By Marcus A. BanksTwo presentations at the ASHP Midyear 2025 Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, in Las Vegas, highlighted medication safety improvements related to automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs). One poster (4-034) demonstrated that implementing ADC safeguards—and increased pharmacist oversight—in the emergency department (ED) slashed override rates to below 3%. The other poster (4-062) featured a streamlined process for inventorying controlled substances stored in the ADC.Bapt