Using patient safety science to explore strategies for improving safety in intravenous medication administration.

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Using patient safety science to explore strategies for improving safety in intravenous medication administration.

November 1, 2006

Franklin M. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access. 2006. 11(3):157–160.

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The author describes types of errors that occur in intravenous (IV) medication therapy and advocates for system improvements to reduce IV medication errors.

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