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By November 2023, the electronic narcotic consumption card (eNCC) had been implemented in 84 wards. Although hundreds of health care professionals (HCPs) use the eNCC daily, our understanding of the user experience (UX) with this process is limited.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to characterize UX with the eNCC and compare it across different dosage forms. Additionally, we aimed to assess whether the end user\u2019s professional role, years in practice, and years of electronic health record system use affect UX and how investigations and error corrections in controlled substance surveillance have evolved since the implementation of the eNCC.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n An electronic survey was conducted among HCPs working in wards and the hospital pharmacy in May 2024. The survey included background questions, statements using a 5-point Likert scale, and 1 open-ended question. This study was reported in accordance with the CROSS (Consensus-Based Checklist for Reporting of Survey Studies) guidelines.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n There were 599 respondents (n=522, 87.1% nurses; n=21, 3.5% physicians; n=56, 9.3% pharmacists) to the survey during the 3-week response period. Our main finding was that HCPs preferred the eNCC process; 80.9% (484\/598) of respondents disagreed when asked whether they were willing to return to the paper-based process. Additionally, HCPs considered the eNCC to be effortless in daily work for both solid (491\/578, 84.9%) and liquid (418\/578, 72.3%) dosage forms. However, the eNCC process for solid dosage forms was reported to be more straightforward and faster than that for liquid ones. Both nurses and pharmacists reported conducting more investigations and error corrections immediately after eNCC implementation than during the most recent month. Nevertheless, ward pharmacists performed more investigations and corrections than registered nurses at both specified time points.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Most HCPs had rather positive attitudes toward the eNCC, and they preferred it over a paper-based process. 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