title: Audit pinpoints i.v. drug administration pitfalls.
abstract: This paper describes an approach to auditing the time spent by nurses giving intravenous drugs. The results of the audit, carried out at Wycombe General Hospital, are reported and discussed together with the measures taken to address practical and medico-legal issues. The authors conclude that much nursing time could be saved with closer adherence to guidelines for practice.
authors.affiliation: South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hockley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pratt
mesh_terms: D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000451:nursing*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D016526:Workload