Decreasing patient misidentification before chemotherapy administration.
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More accurate patient identification is a Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal. To decrease the possibility of patient misidentification during chemotherapy administration, nurses on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill instituted a bedside check and measured compliance.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing
دوره 13 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009