Impact of the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) System on Medication Administration Errors

Medication errors are the second most frequent cause of injury among all types of medical errors (Leape, et al., 1991). Of concern to nursing practice, medication administration errors (MAE) are second only to ordering errors (Bates, Cullen, et al., 1995). The introduction of information technolog...

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Main Author: Doyle, Mary Davis
Other Authors: Snyder, Rita
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195687