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Point-of-care medication error prevention: best practices in action.

June 6, 2007

Swenson D. Patient Safety Qual Heathc. May/June 2007.

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The author describes the new generation of barcode technologies that support safe bedside medication delivery and best practices for implementing barcode point of care systems.

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