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Bar-Coded Medication Administration (BCMA).
Decisionmaker Brief. AHRQ Publication No: 08-0085, August 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
This document summarizes the experience of numerous AHRQ-funded programs in implementing bar-coded medication administration.
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