Factors influencing bar-code verification by nurses during medication administration in a Dutch hospital

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 644-648

  Van Onzenoort, Hein A ^a,b   Van De Plas, Afke ^a   Kessels, Alfons G ^a   Veldhorst Janssen, Nicole M ^b   Van Der Kuy, Paul Hugo M ^c   Neef, Cees ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology ^*

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Codes; Drug administration; Hospitals; Nurses; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; AWARENESS; BAR CODE VERIFICATION DEVICE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

EID: 41749102170     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp070368     Document Type: Article

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