Patient misidentification in oncology care.
Patients with cancer are at risk for patient misidentification, or 'wrong patient' incidents. Patient misidentification can result in medication and transfusion errors, unnecessary testing or procedures, and, in some cases, death. Patients may be misidentified when nurses mispronounce their names, r...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 495 - 499 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Oncology Nursing Society
Jun2008
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |