Applying bar code technology in nurses' medication administration

Journal of Nursing

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Huang, Hsiu Ya ^a   Lee, Ting Ting ^a,b,c  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bar code medication administration (BCMA); Bar code technology; Implementation issues; System efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSE;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSES;

EID: 64649085954     PISSN: 0047262X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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