Centralized breastmilk handling and bar code scanning improve safety and reduce breastmilk administration errors

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 426-429

  Steele, Caroline ^a   Bixby, Christine ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; EXPIRATION DATE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICATION ERROR; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MEDICATION ERRORS; MILK BANKS; MILK, HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912083262     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2014.0077     Document Type: Article

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