Work activities before and after implementation of an automated dispensing system

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 548-554

  Guerrero, Rawley M ^a,b,c   Nickman, Nancy A ^d,f   Jorgenson, James A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmocognosy   (United States)

^e UUHSC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Clinical pharmacy; Dispensing; Equipment; Hospitals; Nurses; Pharmacists, hospital; Pharmacy, institutional, hospital; Time studies; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG DISPOSITION; NURSE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029866275     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/53.5.548     Document Type: Article

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