Bar coding in medication administration

Handbook of Healthcare Delivery Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 47-

  Karsh, Ben Tzion ^a   Wetterneck, Tosha B ^b   Holden, Richard ^b   Rivera Rodriguez, A Joy ^a   Faye, Hélène ^c   Scanlon, Matthew C ^d   Carayon, Pascale ^a   Alper, Samuel J ^e  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e EXPONENT INC   (United States)

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