Decreasing patient misidentification before chemotherapy administration.
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.
Spruill
Angela
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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. aspruill@unch.unc.edu
Eron
Barbara
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Coghill
Amy
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Talbert
Gayl
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D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009657:North Carolina; D010355:Patient Identification Systems
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents