Do administrators' views show why hospitals do or don't use unit doses?
A survey of hospital administrators showed some expected correlations and some surprising contradictions between their opinions of the unit dose system and their institutions' policies on use of the system. The survey indicated that hospital administrators need to be better informed about many of the advantages and disadvantages of the unit dose system and that communication with the hospital pharmacists strongly influences their opinions.
D001290:Attitude; D003142:Communication; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States