Patient safety in nursing care during medication administration
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BACKGROUND Because of the high frequency of interruptions during medication administration, the effectiveness of strategies to limit interruptions during medication administration has been evaluated in numerous quality improvement initiatives in an effort to reduce medication administration errors. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of evidence-based strategies to limit interruptions du...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1518-8345
DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.2350.3017