Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.

Kelly D. Stamp; Danny G. Willis

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Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.

October 6, 2010

Stamp KD, Willis DG. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25(3):231-239.

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Implementation of a bar-code medication administration system allowed nurses to administer medications with fewer interruptions.

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