Towards IV drug standardization in critical care

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 19 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Keeling, Peter ^a   Scales, Katie ^b   Keeling, Susan ^b   Borthwick, Mark ^c  

^a FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse incident; Intravenous therapy; Medication error

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349240646     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2010.19.sup9.79313     Document Type: Article

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