Implementation of Bar Coded Wristbands in a Large Academic Medical Center

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 119-122

  Rao, Arjun C ^a   Burke, Debra A ^a   Dighe, Anand S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bar coded wristbands; error rates; infrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746738185     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.poc.0000179159.47084.51     Document Type: Article

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