Decreasing patient misidentification before chemotherapy administration.

Angela Spruill; Barbara Eron; Amy Coghill; Gayl Talbert

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Decreasing patient misidentification before chemotherapy administration.

December 16, 2009

Spruill A, Eron B, Coghill A, et al. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2009;13(6):716-7.

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This article describes how one bone marrow transplant unit successfully implemented a bedside patient identity verification process to prevent mistakes in chemotherapy administration.

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