Criteria for facilities and personnel for the administration of parenteral systemic antineoplastic therapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4613-4615

  Sastry, Bela ^a  

^a AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 16544371551     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.05.077     Document Type: Review

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