Syringe drug labels: A French national survey;Enquête nationale sur le marquage des seringues d'anesthésie en France

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Levrat, Q ^a   Troitzky, A ^a   Levrat, V ^a   Debaene, B ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Colour; France; Label; National survey; Syringe switch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; DRUG LABELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANESTHETICS; COLOR; DRUG LABELING; FRANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYRINGES;

EID: 44949262814     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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