Nurses are an essential link in the supply chain. Not only do the standards help increase patient safety, but they also allow to save time. A survey conducted by the nursing Times in the Uk showed that "more than a third of nurse waste up to two hours a shift searching for missing medical items
The work of nurses is fundamental in the Hospital Aleman programme. Prior to administering the medication to a patient, which is one of the critical stages of treatment, nurse read the bar code of the medicine dispensed by the pharmacy, confirming usage of the drug in the electronic system