Study of nurse workarounds in a hospital using bar code medication administration system

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-239

  Rack, Laurie L ^a   Dudjak, Linda A ^b   Wolf, Gail A ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

bar code medication administration; bar code scanning; medication administration; medication errors; nurse workarounds

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKFLOW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84862196760     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318240a854     Document Type: Review

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