Quest for the ideal: a redesign of the medication use system.

Deborah Dang; Robert Feroli; Carla Gill; Lori A. Paine; Kenneth Shermock; Jeannette Suflita; Jo M. Walrath

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Quest for the ideal: a redesign of the medication use system.

January 31, 2007

Dang D, Feroli R, Gill C, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22(1):11-19.

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The authors describe the interdisciplinary planning and redesign of their hospital's medication administration system.

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