Audit pinpoints I.v. drug administration pitfalls
Hockley, J.; Samuels, D.; Pratt, M.
Nursing Times 91(51): 33-34
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0954-7762 PMID: 9060729 Document Number: 444835
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.
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