Medication administration pre and post BCMA at the VA medical center

Online Journal of Nursing Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Rivish, Valentin O ^a,b   Moneda, Manolo D ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^b Gateway Community College   (United States)

^c Emergency Department   (United States)

^d San Antonio River Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Barcode; BCMA; Computer technology; Medication administration; Veterans affairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956206706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10899758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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