Search strategy of the systematic literature review on medication distribution systems in hospitals
| # | Search term | Boolean operator |
| 1 | Medication systems, Hospital (exp) Medication systems (exp) Medication ADJ3 system* (Medication OR Drug) adj3 (dispens* OR distribut* OR administrat*) | OR |
| 2 | (Medication OR drug OR dose) adj3 (trolley* OR cart*) (Dispensing OR medication OR drug) ADJ3 cabinet* Automated adj3 (drug OR medication OR dose) adj3 (dispens* OR distribut*) Unit dose* OR multidose* OR multi-dose* Bar code* medication administration (mp) OR BCMA NOT B-Cell (mp) Radio Frequency Identification Device (exp) OR RFID (mp) Drug therapy, computer-assisted (exp) OR Drug therap*, computer-assisted (mp) Clinical pharmacy service (mp) OR Clinical ADj3 pharmac* ADJ3 service* (mp) Pharmacy service, hospital (exp) OR hospital pharmacy service* (mp) Pharmac* ADJ3 service* ADj3 hospital* (mp) Pharmacy administration (exp) OR pharmacy ADJ3 administration* (mp) Pharmac* ADJ50 automation* Pharmac* adj50 robot* | OR |
| 3 | Hospital (mp) Ward (mp) | OR |
| 4 | Patient safety (exp) (Patient OR medication OR drug) adj3 safet* (mp) Safety management (exp) (Safety OR medication) adj3 management (mp) Medication errors (exp) Medical errors (exp) (Medication OR Medical) error* (mp) Outcome* (mp) Benefit* (mp) Cost* (mp) Cost and Cost analysis (exp) Saving* (mp) Security (mp) Time (mp) or (exp) | OR |
| 5 | 1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 | |
| 6 | limit five to yr=2005-current | |
| 7 | limit language to English |