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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"patient identification"”.
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Identification in the Preparation and Administration of Medications
… that contributed to medication errors during the identification process of medication preparation and administration, and (2) present these findings as an aid to minimize or eliminate factors which contribute to medication errors.</p> <p>To conduct this study the descriptive survey was used. …
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SPECIMEN LABELING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT: SLIP
… and match the specimen, label, and order to the patient. While the labeling process is not new, it is frequently laden with errors (Brown, Smith, & Sherfy, 2011). Wrong blood in tube (WBIT) poses significant risk. Multiple factors contribute to mislabeling errors, including lax policies, limited …
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4D mapping of network-specific pathological propagation in Alzheimer's disease
… society to care for the increasing numbers of AD patients. Additionally, the financial and emotional burden on families of affected individuals will be profound. Traditional approaches to the study of AD use either biochemical assays to probe cellular pathophysiology or non-invasive imaging …
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Utilizing Clinical Decision Support within the Electronic Health Record to Screen for Palliative Care
… health record (EHR) may facilitate this identification, but lacks empirical support.</p> <p>Purpose/Aims: The purpose of this research was to utilize variables available in the electronic healthcare record (EHR) of palliative care patients receiving PCS in the acute care setting to …
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Early palliative care for people with advanced illnesses: research into practice
… to improving palliative care services for patients with heart disease and advanced multimorbidity. My first paper reported secondary analysis of data generated from a qualitative study of the illness and care experiences of patients with advanced heart failure. This work used innovative, …
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Identification and reduction of pre-analytical errors in clinical chemistry through expert advice
… Preanalytical errors can occur at the time of patient assessment, test order entry, patient identification, sample collection, sample transport, or sample receipt in the laboratory. Previous work and clinical insights suggest that most errors in the TTP are extra-laboratory (i.e. they occur …