Four-digit insulin dosing code: A simple solution for insulin dosing error

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 760-761

  Parmar, Malvinder S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Timmins and District Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG PACKAGING; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDICATION ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION;

EID: 14644438544     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.3.760-a     Document Type: Article

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