Using Smart Pumps to Reduce Medication Errors in the NICU

Nursing for Women's Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-158

  Lemoine, Jennifer B ^a   Hurst, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication errors; NICU; Patient safety; Smart pump

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865080123     PISSN: 17514851     EISSN: 1751486X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01721.x     Document Type: Article

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