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Journal Article > Study
Nurse interruptions pre- and post-implementation of a point-of-care medication administration system.
Stamp KD, Willis DG. J Nurs Care Qual. 2010;25:231-239.
Implementation of a bar-code medication administration system allowed nurses to administer medications with fewer interruptions.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Prescription for success: don't bother nurses.
Colliver V. San Francisco Chronicle. October 28, 2009:A1.
This news story shares the results of a nine-hospital program to improve the safety of medication delivery through minimizing nursing interruptions.
Journal Article > Study
Medication Administration Time Study (MATS): nursing staff performance of medication administration.
Elganzouri ES, Standish CA, Androwich I. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:204-210.
This study analyzed nursing workflow during medication administration and found that the potential for errors was very high, due in part to frequent interruptions during the process.
Cases & Commentaries
Transfusion "Slip"
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Harold S. Kaplan, MD; February 2004
Blood typing tubes for a married couple brought to an ED after a trauma are labeled with the opposite stickers. By coincidence, the wife's blood type was already on file. An alert blood-bank technologist catches the mistake.