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Paradoxical effects of a hospital-based, multi-intervention programme aimed at reducing medication round interruptions.
Tomietto M, Sartor A, Mazzocoli E, Palese A. J Nurs Manag. 2012;20:335-343.

This study implemented a set of interventions aimed at reducing nursing interruptions and found mixed effects. Although patients responded to nurses wearing a medication managing garment by decreasing interrpuptions, staff members did not.
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