After reviewing the amendments, I fully support this regulation change to bring Virginia into line with many other states that already allow the use of both technologies.  This regulation will allow us to apply the skills of our technicians to make sure we provide the correct drugs and free up pharmacists to assist with more clinical based needs of our patients.  We have been using RFID tagging for our OR/Code carts/RSI boxes as a pilot program for over 5 years and never had any safety issues.  The scanning technology within carousels, and ADDs, has grown significantly, and barcode scanning by nursing prior to administration is a Leap Frog measure that will make sure our nursing partners are validating for patient safety.  Thank you for the work you do and moving Virginia pharmacy in the correct direction!    

I fully support this regulation change. It is in line with the skills of our technician staff. This would allow the pharmacist to assist with more complex, clinical needs. We have been using RFID tagging for our OR/Code carts/RSI boxes as a pilot program for over 5 years and never had any errors or safety issues.