An automated drug delivery tracking device utilizing RFID technology

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Petro, Julie A ^a   Pawluk, Dianne T V ^a   Burch, David S ^a   Owen, Justin M ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug administration; Drug documentation; Emergency medicine; Medicine; Radio frequency identification; Time marking

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC ARREST; CRITICAL TASKS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ENCODED INFORMATION; HANDS-FREE DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH SYSTEMS; INTERNAL CLOCK; MARKING SYSTEM; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; MEDICATION ERRORS; NATIONAL ACADEMIES; PRIMARY TASK; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RF-ID TAGS; RFID READERS; RFID TECHNOLOGY; TIME MARKING; TRACKING DEVICES; WASHINGTON;

COST ACCOUNTING; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ERRORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MARKING MACHINES; MEDICINE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES;

DRUG DOSAGE;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NAPROXEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICATION ERROR; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; SYRINGE;

EID: 77956319274     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3192105     Document Type: Article

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