Improving Medication Administration Safety in Solid Organ Transplant Patients Through Barcode-Assisted Medication Administration

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 236-241

  Bonkowski, Josesph ^a   Weber, Robert J ^a   Melucci, Joseph ^a   Pesavento, Todd ^a   Henry, Mitchell ^a   Moffatt Bruce, Susan ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

barcode scanning; medication safety; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; METHODS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84899919570     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613492374     Document Type: Article

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