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Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.
Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.

This study analyzed nursing workflow during medication administration and found that the potential for errors was very high, due in part to frequent interruptions during the process.
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