Adherence to a medication safety protocol: current practice for labeling medications and solutions on the sterile field.

Diana Brown-Brumfield; Agripina DeLeon

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Adherence to a medication safety protocol: current practice for labeling medications and solutions on the sterile field.

May 26, 2010

Brown-Brumfield D, DeLeon A. AORN J. 2010;91(5):610-7.

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This study evaluates adherence to a medication labeling protocol designed to prevent medication administration errors in the operating room.

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